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Interior Architecture of Desert Climate |
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By: Mr. Hadi Ali Shateh, Mon 28 October, 2002 |
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Mr. Hadi Ali Shateh discusses design solutions adopted in regions of desert climate and analyses the arrangements made in the interior architecture of houses of Gadames city, Libya.
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Pottery, Ceramics and Glass |
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By: Quoted from Gaston Wiet, Vladimeer Elisseeff, Philippe Wolff and Jean Naudou, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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As in all civilisations, great use was made of pottery, for cooking, lighting, washing, etc. In the bazaar in Cairo, grocers, druggists and ironmongers provided the glasses, the faience vessels and the paper to hold or wrap what they sold.
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Qarawiyin Mosque |
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By: Quoted from R. Landau, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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Almost entirely enclosed by narrow alleyways, the mosque of Qarawiyin, [in Fes] like many an ancient European cathedral hemmed in by barrack like houses, is well-nigh unnoticeable from the outside.
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The Umayyad Mosque |
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By: Quoted from W. Durant, Sat 20 July, 2002 |
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The Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. Muslim travellers unanimously describe it as a magnificent structure in Islam and the Abbassid caliphs al-Madi and al-Mamun no lovers of the Umayyads ranked it above all other buildings on the earth.
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The Pointed Arch |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 17 January, 2002 |
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The first appearance of the pointed arch in the Muslim World was traced to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, but the Palace of Ukhaidir - Iraq remains the first building where the pointed arch was used constructively and systematically.
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The Horseshoe and Transverse Arches |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 17 January, 2002 |
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The first Muslim adaptation and modification of the design of the arch occurred in the invention of the horseshoe type. Further development came in the 8th century when Muslims used, for the first time, the transverse arch in the Palace of Ukhaidir.
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The Arch That Never Sleeps |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 17 January, 2002 |
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Rabah Saoud Perhaps no culture mastered the design and use of the arch more than the Muslims. Inheriting earlier arch forms from the Greeks and the Romans, Muslims developed a variety of new shapes including the horseshoe, multi-foil, pointed and the ogee arches. The passion they had for this motif is due to the regularly mystical/symbolic meanings associated with it, as well as its functional advantages. Their architecture uses it as a major structural and decorative feature. The arch soon spread to all cultures progressively becoming a global architectural motif. This article explores the significance of the arch, Muslims' understanding of it, and its transfer to Europe.
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Terminological issues of Islamic Architecture |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 17 January, 2002 |
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Terminological issues are connected with the use of "Muslim" and "Islamic" architecture. The two words are theoretically interconnected but conceptually different. Muslim is a general word referring to religious and geographical setting of Islam.
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Theoretical issues of Islamic Architechture |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 17 January, 2002 |
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Although Muslim architecture has been investigated by both Muslims and non Muslims, it still remains omitted from main stream architecture theories and much of existing works are no more than curiosities undertaken by a group of sympathisers.
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Introduction to Islamic Architecture |
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By: Rabah Saoud, Thu 17 January, 2002 |
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Rabah Saoud Islamic architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the foundation of Islam to the present day, influencing the design and construction of buildings and structures in Islamic culture and beyond. The principal Islamic architectural types are: the Mosque, the Tomb, the Palace, the Fort, the School, and urban buildings. For all these types of constructions, Islamic architecture developed a rich vocabulary that was also used for buildings of lesser importance such as public baths, fountains and domestic architecture. The following article, recalling salient aspects of the rich tradition of Islamic architecture, provides a brief discussion on the concept of Islamic architecture and reviews a number of its key theoretical issues circulating in the Western academic circles.
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