Not only is the Great Mosque of Mecca considered ... religious significance but it is also a marvel of architecture and design. The mosque surrounds the Kaaba the cube-shaped building that ...

They can also offer us clues to what the future holds (not to mention make for a great ... architecture. It was built as a Christian church by emperor Justinian I in 537, but it now serves as a ...

Smith was also inspired by examples of Islamic architecture; in particular, the 9th-century Great Mosque of Samarra in Iraq, defined by its ancient minaret encircled by a distinctively bottom ...

The Umayyad era was a critical period in the development of Islamic art and architecture. Elements of Byzantine ... including the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Great Mosque of Damascus ...

Mosques are not only Muslim houses of worship; in many parts of the Muslim world, they are also stunning tourist attractions thanks to their architecture and history ... It was inspired by the design ...

Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, ...

Mosul's emblematic leaning minaret – known as the Al-Hadba or "hunchback" – has been rebuilt brick by brick, symbolising the rescue of the Iraqi city's priceless heritage after it was ...

STOCKHOLM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Sweden's government on Monday accused a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Stockholm of being a platform for Iranian spying against Sweden and the Iranian diaspora. Sweden's ...

Nonetheless, contemporary architects have been successfully elevating mosque architecture, fulfilling its functional requirements creatively, while allowing the building's context to drive the form.

McGill University architecture students visited the Lebanese Islamic Center in Montreal to learn about Islamic design as part of Muslim Awareness Week. The visit showcased calligraphy and geometry ...