A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Eyüp Sultan Mosque, Turkey)
The Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Turkish: Eyüp Sultan Camii) is a very unique and holy mosque for the Islamic world; it is located in the district…
Architecture
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Kalenderhane Mosque, Turkey)
Kalenderhane Mosque (Turkish: Kalenderhane Camii), like Hagia Sophia, Zeyrek Mosque (Pantokrator Monastery), and Fethiye Mosque, is a Byzantine church in Istanbul, Turkey, that was converted…
Fasil Ghebbi, Ethiopia
The Fasil Ghebbi (Amharic: ፋሲል ግቢ) is situated in the Amhara National Regional State of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, in the North Gondar…
Çamlıca Mosque, Turkey
The Grand Çamlıca Mosque (Pronounced: Chamlija; Turkish: Büyük Çamlıca Camii), Turkey’s largest and most impressive mosque, is the product of the Turkish government’s desire to…
Chattel house – a small moveable wooden house
Chattel house is a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land. It is a Barbadian term for a…
Tin Tabernacle – a type of prefabricated ecclesiastical building
Tin tabernacle is a temporary church of galvanized iron erected by any denomination. It is also known as an iron church, is a type of…
Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia
In the historic walled district of Medina, between Rue de la Kasbah and Rue el Farabi, the Great Mosque of Kairouan (Arabic: جامع القيروان الأكبر),…
Dyson sphere – a hypothetical megastructure
A Dyson sphere is a theoretical mega-engineering project that encircles a star with platforms orbiting in tight formation. It is a hypothetical megastructure that completely…
Domed City – a hypothetical structure
A domed city is a hypothetical structure that encloses a large urban area under a single roof. Domed cities were cities that were contained within…
Beni Hammad Fort, Algeria
Beni Hammad Fort, also known as Beni Hammad’s Al Qal’a (Arabic: قلعة بني حماد), is an imperial Islamic city, now ruined, founded in central Algeria…
Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta, Pakistan
The Shah Jahan Mosque (Urdu: شاہ جہاں مسجد), also known as the Jamia Masjid of Thatta, is a building from the 17th century that serves…
Responsive Architecture – an evolving field of architectural practice and research
Responsive architecture is an evolving field of architectural practice and research. It is a design field that has arisen in recent decades at the intersection…
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