Introduction -- Eastern Mediterranean and Gulf region -- Iraq, Iran and South Asia -- Turkey and Central Asia -- Africa -- Asia Pacific -- Europe and the Americas -- Women in Islamic architecture -- A ...

Islamic architecture has long captivated observers with its harmonious blend of spirituality, geometry, and cultural expression. Originating in the 7th century CE, this architectural tradition spans ...

In 1961, a year before designing the World Trade Center towers, American architect Minoru Yamasaki completed a much smaller project that would influence the look of his new creation in New York City.

In Islam, decoration is reserved for the inside of buildings. Most often the only exterior parts to be decorated will be the entrance and the dome. Architecture is one of the greatest Islamic art ...

"The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a dual division between "tradition" and "modernity" - a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and ...

Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, by IM Pei, the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". This austere stack of limestone-clad ...

This essay by Jenine Kotob was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "Why Now, More Than Ever, We Need A New Islamic Architecture." At a time when Muslims find themselves at the center of the ...

Islamic Religious and Cultural Center in Ljubljana / Bevk Perović arhitekti. Image © David Schreyer Organized by the Abdullatif Alfozan Award for Mosque ...