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Plan dassurance de Smyrne (Smyrna) | Archnet This set of plans on Archnet is a complete set of the (Insurance Plan of Smyrna), issued by Charles E Goad, a London-based civil engineer, in June 1905 The fire insurance maps show building footprints, usages, and materials in the ancient city of Smyrna, known today as Izmir
Qubba al-Barudiyyin | Archnet The Qubbat al-Barudiyin was built in 1120 as an ablution fountain and waterworks for the Almoravid congregational mosque in Marrakech The mosque
Sedad Hakki Eldem | Sedad Eldem: Architect in Turkey | Archnet Born in Turkey in 1908, Sedat Hakki Eldem studied in the West before he returned to Istanbul to study at the Academy of Fine Arts In 1932 he became an assistant professor at the Academy In this capacity he acted as a major catalyst in the development of Turkish architecture
A. S. H. De Silva House | Genius of the Place: The Buildings and . . . A S H de Silva, a young doctor setting up a practice in Galle, wanted to build a house and surgery on a steeply sloping site on the northern edge of the town and picked Bawa's name out of the local telephone book Bawa's design deconstructs the colonial bungalow and reassembles the parts in an apparently informal way to create a chequerboard system of linked pavilions trapping small gardens
Fatehpur Sikri | Archnet Fatehpur Sikri is a palace complex, built by the Mughal Emperor Jalal’ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (reg 1556-1605), son of Humayun and grandson of Babur The palace complex is situated on the ridge of a hill about 40 meters in height by the side of an artificial lake
Taj Mahal Complex - archive. archnet. org The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum complex built by Shah Jahan (reg 1628 - 1658) in memory of his favorite wife, Arjumand Banu Begam (d 1631), better known by her title "Mumtaz Mahal," or "the exalted one of the palace " The construction of the complex began shortly after Mumtaz's death, and accounts of this process were popularized by foreign travelers who visited Mughal courts The tomb's fame
Imamzadah Shaykh Ṣafi al-Din Ardabili - archive. archnet. org Shaykh Abu'l-Fath Ishaq, known as Safi al-Din Ardabili (b 1252 3), is the eponymous founder of the Safawiyya order of Sufiism and is hence considered the founder of the Safavid Dynasty Upon his death in 1334, he was buried in a tomb tower adjoining his khanqah outside the city walls of Ardabil His burial site became a center of pilgrimage soon after, one richly endowed by Safavid rulers
Yazd | Madrasa-i Husayniyya | Archnet The Madrasa Husayniyan was originally a funerary madrasa (a madrasa with an attached mausoleum) situated in the old city of Yazd, adjacent to the