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Asas Pembinaan Taman Terapeutik
Jamilah Othman, Nurhayati Abdul Malik & Nor Adeena Raslee
ISBN : 978-967-418-417-9
Pages : 98
Price : RM 55.00 / € 20.00
Year : 2018
A comprehensive awareness of the benefits of therapeutic gardens
can help build more parks for the benefit of the public. In addition to
the hospital and health center landscape, this construction should be
carried out in various other public landscapes. Lack of awareness of
the benefits of such parks comes from lack of funds, initiatives from the
authorities and information about them. It is seen that the construction
of a therapeutic garden is limited to the hospital landscape. If this
scenario could be extended to public landscapes such as residential
homes, shopping malls, high street rests, elderly welfare homes and industrial areas, then
green space and therapeutic treatment could be a comprehensive health-care concept while
also enlightening the environment. Besides being able to visualize the space of the landscape,
the community can also appreciate the nature elements as one of the key features of medical
therapy. The beauty, freshness and ability to restore health in a therapeutic garden can inspire
and help the community to love the environment, increase awareness of the preservation
of nature and improve the quality of life. This book presents some theories of aesthetics,
perception and behavioral psychology that highlight the role of landscape architecture that
needs to be understood and reviewed. The combination of knowledge among nature lovers,
medical practitioners, architects, urban planners, psychologists or visual artists is seen as
provoking a more practical and effective idea. The Yin and Yang philosophies and the Zen
Garden concept have been elaborated to support the aforementioned theories. As the people
aware to appreciate the therapeutic essence of natural resources, the support from authorities
is no less important.

History And Theory Of Islamic Architecture
Spahic Omer
ISBN : 978-967-491-003-7
Pages : 275
Price : RM 77.00 / € 30.00
Year : 2019

This book intends to fill somewhat the glaring intellectual gap in the
sphere of authentic Islamic architecture. It provides a theoretical
or philosophical framework for studying and teaching Islamic
architecture on the basis of some of the most authentic sources of
Islamic scholarship. Against the backdrop of such a broad framework,
various Islamic architecture themes and dimensions could be more
accurately studied and understood. The book is also envisaged
as an invitation to other researchers and scholars from across the
spectrum of especially Islamic scholarship to embark on similar undertakings and do justice
to the fascinating phenomenon of Islamic architecture, enriching in the process academic
communities and their libraries.