Wazir Khan Mosque Lahore
The Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, is famous for its extensive tile work and frescos. It was built in seven years starting around 1634–1635 AD during the reign of the Mughal Emperor…
The Suleymaniye Mosque – A Virtual Walking Tour
This virtual tour is comprised of various spherical panoramic photographs that place you inside the image, as if you were standing in the place where the photo was made. Use your mouse to…
Cairo – A City Adorned
From the late ninth century well into the 15th, mosques built as prestige projects were the most spectacular buildings in Cairo. Locals, pilgrims on their way to Makkah and even Christian pilgrims were…
King Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco
The brainchild and crowning achievement of King Hassan II, this phenomenal building was built to commemorate the former king’s 60th birthday and opened in 1993 giving Casablanca the heart and landmark it so…
AL-HARAM AL-SHARIF – A Virtual Walking Tour
This virtual tour is comprised of various spherical panoramic photographs that place you inside the image, as if you were standing in the place where the photo was made. Use your mouse to…
The Great Mosque of Cordoba: Geometric Analysis
Ilm al-Miqdar (The science of proportion) is a body of knowledge concerned principally with the study of spatial order through the measure and relationships of forms. Prior to being considered solely as a…
Divriği Ulucami and Şifahane (Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital)
The western section of the mosque was rebuilt after its complete destruction in the great earthquake which occurred at the beginning of the 16th century. The plan consists of five naves running perpendicular…
The al-Azhar Mosque (970)
Al-Azhar is today the most celebrated of all Cairo’s medieval mosques, more because of its historic and religious importance than its aesthetic value. It was the first mosque built in Fatimid Cairo and…
Bhong Mosque, Rahim-Yar Khan, Pakistan
Winner of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1986. Completed: 1982 Patron: Rais Ghazi Muhammad The Award is made in recognition of a significant attempt by a single individual to create a…
Reading Masjid Wazir Khan
Wazir Khan’s Mosque, in the heart of the Walled City of Lahore, is one of the most thoroughly documented and discussed of our monuments. In 1887, Kipling (John Lockwood, father of Rudyard) discussed…
Yaama Mosque (Yaama, Niger)
The mosque is located in the Sahel region of Niger where the economy is based on agricultural production. The construction is realized in the traditional banco technique. It is characterized by a central…
Mosque of Niono
Niono, Mali, completed 1973. Client: Muslim community of Niono. Designer/master mason: Lassine Minta. The Great Mosque of Niono is an example of such efforts. Lassine Minta, the master mason of the mosque,…
