I am working with the stylistic influence of Mughal architecture on the Malaysian mosque. My question is how can we measure the degree of influence?
The Evaluation of Historic Buildings
By Harold Kalman
Various sets of criteria for evaluating buildings have been proposed over the years. The following list includes a set of standards that is useful and comprehensive, without being exhaustive.7 The list contains five basic criteria (architecture, history,
environment, usability, and integrity), under which there are 20 detailed criteria (style,
construction, and so on). Each detailed criterion is defined in the first column. The explanation of the four grades is given in the second column. Comments are offered in the third column.
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My own research has been in part on how to assess architectural form, and I have used typological analysis to explore this. Since the above article proposed by Mr. Al-Sherrawi does not appear to address architectural form, I have gathered a few thoughts. If form is what you are interested in, you should explore the literature on architectural typology. There is also literature on people's evaluation of differences.
I know that Linda Groat worked on the question of the relation between people's assessments and the actual form of the architecture, but am not sure which of her articles might have the information you need. Here are some possibilities:
Canter, D., Brown, J. & Groat, L. (1985) A multiple procedure for studying conceptual systems.
Groat, L. (1982). Meaning in post-modern architecture: an examination using the multiple sorting task. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2, 3-23: except 17-19.
Groat, L. (1984). Contextual compatibility in architecture: an investigation of non-designers' conceptualization. Milwaukee, WI: Center for Architecture & Urban Planning Research, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
Groat, L. (1988). Contextual compatibility in architecture: an issue of personal taste? In L. Jack (Ed.) Environmental aesthetics (pp. 215-229). Cambridge, U. K.: Cambridge University Press.
Groat, L. (1989). Analyzing compositional principles in the service of environmental design research. In Hardie, Grame (Eds.) Changing paradigms EDRA 20/1989 (pp. 33-40). Madison,WI: Omnipress.
There may be more relevant recent literature. If you look up these articles on Google Scholar, you will find articles that cite them, and that way will discover more recent articles, perhaps more directly related to what you are doing.
Good luck!
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