Exploring a cross-cultural theory of architecture

This article contributes to the development of a theoretical framework to address and explain all human behavior toward or linked with buildings, dwellings and settlements, in terms of both creating and using such environments. In promoting such a project is not our aim to demote Western architecture or elevate indigenous architecture, but to seek a theory that can be objectively applied to understanding interactions between the architectural values and building traditions of different cultures. Such a unifying theory of architecture must initially treat all forms of building as having intrinsic value within their own cultural contexts, without unreasonably biasing one form over another