الفهرس 
The philosophy of paradigm between science and lifeOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
This research is a critical analysis to the different architectural practices exist in the early 21st century to investigate the true nature of each practice, their influences and drivers to explore the different architectural languages exist and identify the praxis behind contemporary patterns of practice leading to the diverse contemporary languages. It consists mainly of three parts;
The first part represents a critical analysis to the meaning of paradigms, interpretations to paradigm’s progress and paradigm shift, possible interplay between the different paradigms in the same context. As well as, investigating the philosophy of architectural paradigms, their model of performance and their prime structures. Standing on the main influences of the architectural paradigms, identifying architecture of belief systems, exploring the invisible and visible dimensions of paradigms of architectural practices with few examples for validating these outcomes.
The second part of this study investigates deeply the true practices behind the most ten iconic projects globally in the early 21st century. The research stands on their real influences exploring their cultural context, history behind the practices, the dominant philosophy that motivated the architect to action and the main design approaches applied till reaching the iconic morphology with visual characteristics and expressive elements that characterize each of these cases in its context being influencing to other future practices as a distinguished language of architecture.
The third part of the study starts with a comparative analysis between the different practices extracted to construct four main families. Then these families were discussed critically identifying their common beliefs; either social or scientific or both, main philosophies, their resulted value-systems and design approaches as the invisible part constituting any architectural paradigm in order not to be biased to any theory or early interpretation. Furthermore, the visible dimensions of these families were explored and analyzed to feature relevant visual attributes that can best describe every family based on its nature of practices. Later, the belief system monitoring these practices was extracted identifying a hypothetical boundary of a common paradigm embracing these practices. Also, identifying this paradigm leaded the research to a phenomenon of paradigm-shift of contemporary architectural practices highlighting the new meanings and technologies being the radical influences of this shift. Finally, the research develops a theory of a new “I-Praxis” upon which it extracts a critical model of contemporary architectural paradigm and its main influences establishing a theoretical base for future interpretations and criticism to contemporary practices to grow and expand in a proper way that guarantee a true assessment of these practices and proper developments.