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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

 RESEARCH

  1. "Places and Processes: Housing Transformations in Helwan, Cairo".
    By Biresh Shah. the Agha Khan Foundation. 1987.
     

  2. "The City in Change: Socio-spatial Dimensions of Urban Environmental Change."
    By Biresh Shah. Thesis Research, Master of Science in Architectural Studies. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1988
     

  3. “" The Ring Road as a Territorial Upgrading Opportunity: An Ecological Approach for Analysis, Management and Planning of Ring Road, Kathmandu".
    By Deepak Pant. Thesis Research. Master of Urban Ecological Planning. NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. 2001.
     

  4. "Traditional House Forms of Nepal - A Study of Sherpa, Tharu and Gurung Villages."  
    By Sanjay Thapa. Taragaon Regency Hotel. 1998.
     

  5. " Study of Techniques and Recording of restoration work of wooden structures of Japan".
    By Deepak Pant. Japan Foundation Fellowship. 1996.
     

  6. "Svatha Chowks- Conservation and Development study of  Patan neighborhood".
    By  Biresh Shah, Deepak Pant, Jharna Joshi, Shailesh Gongal. UNDP/PQT. 1997.
     

  7. "Fire Resistance roofs and walls for Rural Areas of the Terai."
    By Sanjay Thapa with SLDT.  RONAST, Low cost Construction Research grant. 1997.
     

  8. "Krishnanagar, Kapilvastu. Development Perspectives of a Town."
    By Biresh Shah. Krishnanagar Development Committee. 2000.
     

  9. "Revision of the Building Bye laws for Kathmandu Valley, 2050".
    By Sanjay Thapa, Biresh Shah with Team Nepal. KVTDC. 2001.
     

  10. "Lessons for Urban Development : A Study of Kuruthang New Town, Bhutan".
    By Biresh Shah. World Bank Institute. 2001.

     

  11. "Culture Preservation and Poverty Alleviation: The Cases of Kathmandu Valley, Ladakh and Bhutan."
    By Biresh Shah in association with Kim Cuenco, Solly Benjamin. The World Bank. 2001
     

  12. " Study of Mud and Timber Architecture: Thubchen Gompa, LoManthang, Mustang" .
    By Deepak Pant. King Mahendra Trust for Conservation. 1995.

     

  13. " Study and Recording of Sultanat Period Mausoleums, Shrines, and town plan of Uch" By Deepak Pant. National College of Art, Lahore, Pakistan. 1990

PUBLICATIONS

 "Places and Processes".
By Biresh Shah. Published in Architecture+Design, New Delhi. Vol. VIII no. I

 "Architecture and the City"
An overview of contemporary architecture and urban development in Nepal, especially in the Kathmandu Valley.
By Biresh Shah.
Published in "Architecture of the SAARC Nations" by HUDCO (India) and Architecture + Design. April 1992

 

"The Public Realm in the City".
By Biresh Shah.
Published in THE INDEPENDENT, Kathmandu. February 1993.

 

"Learning by Doing in Kathmandu".
By Biresh Shah
Published in the THE RISING NEPAL. July 1994.

 "Contemporary Architecture in Nepal"
 World Architecture Trends: 581 Architects".
By Biresh Shah and Deepak Pant
Published by the Gallery MA, Tokyo, Japan in its publication. December 1995
 

 "Imaging Kathmandu".
By Biresh Shah.
Published in the Kathmandu Post Review of Books. August 1996.

 

"Conserving The Urban Form".
By Biresh Shah.
Published in Kathmandu Post Review of Books. May 1997.

 

"Kathmandu, the City of the Future"
By Biresh Shah. Published in the KATHMANDU POST. June 1988

 

"Svatha Chowks: Conservation and Development Project".
By Biresh Shah and Deepak Pant.
Published in VAASTU, vol. 1. A journal published by the students of architecture at I..O.E.,  T.U., 2000.

 

" Tharu Houses of Dang".  
By Sanjay Thapa.
Published in VAASTU, vol. 1. A journal published by the students of architecture at I.O.E., T.U., 2000.

 

"Urban Conservation in the Kathmandu Valley: A Crisis of Institutions."
By Biresh Shah. Published in Studies In Nepali History and Society (SINHAS). Vol.3 No.2

 

" Architecture and Urbanism: Thoughts on Fundamentals."
By Biresh Shah.
Published in the Nepal Engineering Students’ Society (NESS) Journal, 2002.

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