Design styles in the architecture of corporate headquarters

The discipline of environmental design is a branch of the physical fields of design. Architectural design is a discipline of environmental design. Architectural design styles are of four categories; styles influenced by other styles, styles transmitted to other places, physical revived styles, and spiritual revived styles. Each one comprises of different styles. The research looks at the impact of the introduction of intensive architectural design educational programs, fair architectural design competitions, economical considerations, and finally the impact political wills have on diversified creative and innovative architectural design styles. As the research adopted the four categories mentioned earlier each one is exemplified by one building considered as the case study. These four criterions; the advanced technology of the time, which leads to costly money expenditure, the unique design concepts and philosophies, the compatibility with the site, and the solvency symbolism especially when has effects on peoples socio-cultural lives were studied and analyzed in this order in each case study.

The writer is a practising architect and a lecturer since 1998 in the Sudan. Presently an assistant professor teaching theory of design at the Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. He has attempts of writings in the theory of design and so many other architecture issues. He wrote so many essays in many daily news papers in the Sudan.