Architecture Image Gallery
by Media DeskPublished on: 24th May 2020
Browse through selected images taken from Muslim Heritage articles related to Architecture...
“Architecture is the learned game correct and
magnificent of forms assembled in the light” – Le Corbusier
- The central fountain of the Court of Lions
- No wall paper here! Alhambra interior walls carved with verses from the holy Quran. Colours have faded away.
- The central fountain of the Court of Lions
- Trifoil and semi-circular arches, Cordoba Mosque.
- Raised semi-circular arches, Cordoba Mosque.
- Raised arcades along the Kairawan method inside the Mosque of Uqba also known as the Great Mosque of Kairawan, city of Kairawan, Tunisia
- Arcade of transverse arches in Mahdia Mosque Tunisia (11th century).
- The horseshoe and the cinqfoil arches on main façade, Cordoba Mosque.
- Ismail Mausoleum (before 943), Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
- The conical at Qabus Mausoleum (1007), Gurgan, Iran.
- The Mosque of Djenne, Mali
- The Mosque of Djenne, Mali
- View of the Great Mosque from the northeast as it looked in 1910. From Félix Dubois’ Notre beau Niger
- Sinan depicted preparing the grave of Suleyman the Magnificent by Nakkash Osman.
- Miqaat Al-Medina mosque, Medina, Saudi Arabia, 1987.
- The Qiblatain mosque, Medina, Saudi Arabia, 1992.
- Azizeyah Mosque.
- King Saud Mosque.
- The Corniche Mosque.
- The Ruwais Mosque.
- The Suleiman Palace, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1979.
- Basil House in Old Aleppo.
- The Maktab Anbar in Damascus.
- The fountain in Achik Bash House in Aleppo.
- The furniture in main room of Al-Azem Palace in Hama.
- The Courtyard of Al-Azem Palace in Hama.
- The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
- The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
- The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
- The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
- The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
- Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation
- Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation
- Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation
- Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation
- The entrance to the Great East Mosque at Kaifeng
- The burial sites of men who introduced Islam to China are marked by pagoda-like structures, Linxia, Gansu province
- The custodian of the Hongshuiquan mosque
- Painted timber beams in Dingxiang
- Arabic calligraphy is often used to decorate the walls of mosques, as here at the entrance to the Great East Mosque at Kaifeng
- The Zhuxian Mosque in Kaifeng, Henan province
- The Beiguan Mosque in Tianshui in Gansu province
- Great Mosque of Xian
- Bahaud-Din Naqshband Mausoleum, Bukhara
- Selimiye Mosque, Edirne
- Alhambra Palace, Granada
- Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
- Wazir Khan Mosque, Lahore
- Jabal al-Qal’a (Amman Citadel), Amman
- Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca
- Jalil Khayat Mosque, Erbil (Arbil)
- Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan
- The Taj Mahal, Agra
- Masjid al-Sultan Barquq, Cairo
- Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muskat, Matrah
- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
Images are taken from the following articles:
Stunning Ceilings from the Wonders of Islamic Architecture by Cem Nizamoglu
The Back-Road Historic Mosques of China by Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom, Nancy Steinhardt
Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation by Cem Nizamoglu
Mosque of Whirling Colours: A Mixture of Architecture and Art in Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran by Cem Nizamoglu
The Courtyard Houses of Syria by Mahmoud Zein Alabidin
Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil or the Triumph of the Islamic Architectural Style by El Sayed Foundation
Sinan: A Great Ottoman Architect and Urban Designer by Rabah Saoud
West African Mosque Architecture – A Brief Introduction by Cleo Cantone
The Seljuk Mausoleum by Rabah Saoud
Al-Hambra Palace and the river of paradise by Rabah Saoud
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