This research deals with the environmental factors that affect the plan form of the house in Bahariya and Kharga Oases. The research analyzes a part from the urban fabric of the traditional housing gatherings in Bahariya Oasis as well as the different elements of the house that express the oasis architecture in the entrances, living rooms, bedrooms, service areas, internal courts, and the way they are situated in relation to each other. The aim of the article is to introduce features of this architecture, whose values and characteristics are determined by the environment. Architect Mahmoud Tarek Hammad. (Taken from English summary on page 9)

Ibrahim, Abdelbaki Mohamed (ed). 1998. Analytical Study on Shelter in Bahariya Oases, Part 1. In Alam al-Bina. Cairo: Center for Planning and Architectural Studies, 10-15/206.

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