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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

Islamic architecture encompasses a wide range of secular and religious styles from the founding of Islam to the present day, influencing the design and construction of buildings in the Islamic culture. This topic covers Islamic architecture, its history, its impact on society, and new projects in the Muslim and Western worlds.

Islamic Architecture is part of Business Exchange, suggested by Ashiq Thobani. This topic contains 142 news and 101 blog items. Read updated news, blogs, and resources about Islamic Architecture. Find user-submitted articles and reactions on Islamic Architecture from like-minded professionals.

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Shanghai World Expo: SAUDI ARABIA PAVILIONmore

Covering a total area of 6,000 square meters, no one can miss the Saudi Arabia pavilion at Shanghai World Expo: it's a...

Israel and Obama's speech: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu picks a st...more

Syria, or even Egypt, beyond some minimal financial support for Cairo. It surely did not create a policy architecture...

Inside Bangladesh's madrasas | Tahmima Anammore

into the building. The corridor is narrow, the ceiling high and unlit. The walls are painted in dark Islamic green.

Square Roots: How Public Spaces Helped Mold the Arab Springmore

of ink has been used for Facebook and Twitter," says Vishaan Chakrabarti, a Columbia University professor of...

Beyond the Melting Potmore

a tropical Dubai, another glamorous mirage in the middle of nowhere. Certainly, Penang, to the north, has classier...

2011 Teacher of the Year talks about reform and moremore

favorite subject. I was an eager student. When I went to college I took everything I could, Japanese, architecture,...

From the Archive: World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked on Sept. 11...more

American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Bin Laden has been granted asylum by Afghanistan. That nation's hard-line...

Lensman pays pictorial tribute to monumentsmore

Jama Masjid captured by photographer Mohammed Ayazuddin Patel and published in his book, ���Monuments of Gulbarga:...

Chic artisanal wares show a different side of Afghanistanmore

year, she is graduating at the top of her class from the Turquoise Mountain Institute for Art and Architecture in Kabul.

Thousands protest in Damascus after Syrian crackdownmore

to be breaking out in even the most obscure corners of the nation, a linchpin in the security architecture of the...

Analysis - Gulf Arab rulers tense over Egypt's policy shiftsmore

Mubarak was not only a friend of Gulf Arab rulers, he was a vital part of Arab political architecture during his three...

Art Dubai and the Sharjah Biennial: talking about a revolutionmore

window by Iranian artist Roxana Manouchehri, featuring an intricate mixture of Arabic and Gaelic text, Christian saints...

Fireball in the Desert, Attack on Egyptian Pipeline; More Storms Threa...more

mean, Britain has had 40 years of a terrorist threat. We had the Irish problem, we had the Islamic problem and the...

What forces are at play in Bahrain?more

at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of "Iran in World Politics: the Question of the Islamic...

Spanish cities celebrate Easter in spectacular stylemore

some of its most beautiful historic places. Cordoba, with its tangled warren of narrow streets and rich Catholic,...

Spare Times for April 22-28more

Tishman Auditorium (Wednesday) The Platypus Affiliated Society and World Cant Wait present An Urgent Exchange: U.S.

Essential guide to Kuala Lumpurmore

Lake Gardens, dating from the 1880s. They include an orchid garden and bird, butterfly and deer parks.

Religious politics foil fire exit at Holy Sepulchermore

another, in some places above five feet high." Little of significance has changed in the church's architecture...

Victoria Public Hall gets a faceliftmore

archaeology, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (a non-government organisation) and Anna University's...

Significant art exhibitions in 2011more

Midcentury. After moving to northern Maine in 1933, Marin grew more innovative. Inspired by that coast and Manhattans...

From a lost eramore

earth Ferdowsi recounts the history of the world up to the fall of the Persian Empire under the Islamic onslaught in...

Culture Kalash in Pakistanmore

centre, assures me that though there are "similarities to the Ionic style", the building came from "the...

The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski - reviewmore

European version of human history ��� the Palaeolithic, the dawn of civilisation, the Greeks and the Romans, the...

Admissions open to fashion coursesmore

to its four-year B.A. (Honours) programme in a host of fashion-related disciplines including fashion, textiles,...

Cairo���s Roundabout Revolutionmore

certificates to passports.) Overlooking Tahrir Square on the west are the headquarters of the Arab League, with its...

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