ARCHITECTURAL, ARTISTIC, FUNCTIONAL AND PLANNING FEATURES OF MODERN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS IN BAGHDAD
The article is a study of the concept of place as a complex phenomenon revealed through the interaction and integration of the three main components of spatial, conceptual and activity structures and their formal characteristics. The design of an urban landscape is the creation of identification and structuring of an integral set of places for the placement of human activity, expressing and symbolizing the concepts and values of the community using it. The purpose of the article is to determine the regional specifics of the architectural and compositional formation of the high-rise dominants of Baghdad. The author focuses on understanding the influence of the urban landscape, on the perception of a place through the interpretation of perceptual and cognitive interaction between a person and the urban landscape, as well as the study of mental and cognitive maps that people keep in their minds.