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   Early Islamic Architecture of the Desert: A Bedouin Station in Eastern Jordan » Read Now

   by Svend Helms, A. V. G. W. Betts. 190 pgs.

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   ...Early Islamic Architecture of the Desert A Bedouin Station...Professor A. W. Lawrence Early Islamic Architecture of the Desert A Bedouin Station...Publication Data Helms...
   
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   The Taj Mahal, in History Today » Read Now

   by Akbar S. Ahmed. 2 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

   ...marble -- the Indian contribution to Islamic architecture -- were now blended with traditional Islamic styles and materials. indeed it was Humayuns...Delhi, which began the...
   
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   Sultan Qaboos Mosque, in The Middle East » Read Now

   by Rhona Wells. 4 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

   ...could be a major landmark of Islamic architecture in the historic city. A site...traditional and contemporary Islamic design and attracting many thousands...combines...
   
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   The Architectural Review in the Gulf, in The Architectural Review » Read Now

   by Jim Antoniou. 3 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

   ...buildings). Essence of Islamic architecture Demands for housing have...of a place. The essence of Islamic architecture for Badran is that it is...a hidden order by which...
   
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   Holding Back the Sands of Time, in The Middle East » Read Now

   by Scott Mattoon. 3 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

   ...devastating effect on the citys Islamic architecture and the winter weather will...surrounding long threatened Islamic architecture in Cairos medieval quarter...most...
   
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   Cities and Caliphs: On the Genesis of Arab Muslim Urbanism » Read Now

   by Nezar Alsayyad. 204 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

   The history of the Islamic world includes many unique cultural, religious, scientific, and architectural developments. Among these was the evolution of the Arab Muslim city, which occurred during the rapid expansion of the Muslim empire during the seventh and eighth centuries A.D. In this probing...

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   The history of the Islamic world includes many unique cultural, religious, scientific, and architectural developments. Among these was the evolution of the Arab Muslim city, which occurred during the rapid expansion of the Muslim empire during the seventh and eighth centuries A.D. In this probing volume, Nezar AlSayyad examines the extraordinary characteristics of Islamic urbanism and the process by which cities were physically transformed by Islamic culture, religion, and its leaders.

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   Moorish Spain: Cordoba, Seville, Granada » Read Now

   by Enrique Sordo, Wim Swaan. 223 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

   ...Swinburne: Details of Architecture . " 216 Tile...brought under direct Islamic rule by African monarchs...al-Rahman the Great was his architecture. Like many other...
   
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   Moorish Memories, in The Middle East » Read Now

   by Christine Osborne. 1 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

   ...lingering Moorish ambience of the Maghreb. Its most famous Islamic monument -- the giralda -- or minaret, was designed by the...are jewels in the crown of Spains rich...
   
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   Mosque Architecture in Bangladesh: The Archetype and Its Changing Morphology, in Journal of Cultural Geography » Read Now

   by Ishrat Islam, Allen G. Noble. 21 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

   ...Hindu and Buddhist temples. Islamic architecture emphasizes the use of color...with the Muslim provided the Islamic architecture of this region with a new...though in many...
   
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    Cultural Crisis, in The Architectural Review » Read Now

    by Khaled Asfour. 9 pgs.

    Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

    ...towards a Regionalized International Architecture 1952-1978. London, 1986. 6 K. Makiyya, Post Islamic Classicism: a Visual Essay on the Architecture of Mohamed Makiyya...
    
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    Sacred Room, in The Architectural Review » Read Now

    by Catherine Slessor. 2 pgs.

    Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

    ...student of Abdel Wahed El-Wakil. Mayet has drawn deeply and reflectively on the traditional disciplines of Islamic sacred art and architecture to produce a building that...
    
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    A Living Culture, in The Architectural Review » Read Now

    by The Architectural Review. 2 pgs.

    Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

    ...culture Hope for the future of architecture in the Middle East lies as much in...the world. Why is so much modern architecture in the Middle East so problematic...refrain...