A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex, Turkey) The Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex (Turkish: Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliyesi) is a mosque complex located near Karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey, across from the Ottoman canon foundry…
Structural Insulated Panel – a high performance building system Structural insulated panels (SIPs) are high-performance building systems for residential and light commercial construction. It is also known as a structural insulating panel, is a…
Geofoam – a multi-functional construction material Geofoam is a multi-functional construction material that has all different types of applications. It is expanded polystyrene (EPS) or extruded polystyrene (XPS) manufactured into large…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Atik Valide Mosque, Turkey) The Atik Valide Mosque (Turkish: Atik Valide Camii, Eski Valide Camii) is one of Mimar Sinan’s two major mosque complexes in Istanbul. Though not as…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Behram Pasha Mosque, Turkey) Behrem Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Behrem Paşa Camii, Kurdish: Mizgefta Behram Paşa) is an Ottoman-period mosque in the southwestern quadrant of Diyarbakr’s old walled city in…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Piyale Pasha Mosque, Istanbul) The Piyale Pasha Mosque (Ottoman Turkish: پیاله پاشا جامع Piyale Paşa Camii), also known as the Tersane Mosque (literally: Shipyard Mosque), was built during the…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Selimiye Mosque, Edirne) The Selimiye Mosque (Turkish: Selimiye Camii) is an Ottoman imperial mosque in Edirne, Turkey, and it was designed by Ottoman architect Mimar Koca Sinan (1497–1588),…
Osman Gazi Bridge, Turkey The Osmangazi Bridge (Turkish: Osman Gazi Köprüsü) is a suspension bridge that spans the Gulf of Izmit, also known as Izmit Bay, on the eastern…
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Turkey The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim Köprüsü) is a combination of a suspension bridge and a cable-stayed bridge fitted with two 326-meter-high…
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, Turkey The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge (in Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü, F.S.M. Köprüsü or 2. Köprü), is still…
Humber Bridge, England With a span of 1,410 meters, the Humber Bridge is the world’s eighth-largest suspension bridge. It is situated between the Lincolnshire towns of Barton-upon-Humber and…
Bosphorus Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey The Bosphorus Bridge (Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü), also officially known as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge (Turkish: 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü) and unofficially known as the…