Arabic architecture
Zellige
Zellige (Arabic: الزليج; also zelige or zellij) is mosaic tilework made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster…
Yeseria
Yeseria is a technique of carving plaster used by the Spanish Moors like also by the post-Reconsquista's Mudéjar architecture. Plaster…
Mocárabe
Mocárabe, Honeycomb work, or Stalactite work (Arabic al-halimat al-'uliya, "the overhang") is an ornamental design used in certain types of…
Girih
Girih (Persian: گره, "knot") is a decorative Islamic geometric artform used in architecture and handicraft objects, consisting of angled lines…
Banna’i
In Iranian architecture, banna'i (Persian: بنائی, "builder's technique" in Persian) is an architectural decorative art in which glazed tiles are…
History of middle ages domes
The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier…
History of early middle ages domes
The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier…
Sahn
A sahn, (Arabic: صحن, ṣaḥn), is a courtyard in Islamic architecture. Most traditional mosques have a large central sahn, which…
Riwaq in arcade
A riwaq (or rivaq, Arabic: رواق) is an arcade or portico open on at least one side. It is an…
Moroccan riad
A riad is a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden or courtyard.Generally from one to four storeys…
Mashrabiya
A mashrabiya (Arabic: مشربية), also either shanshūl (شنشول) or rūshān (روشان), is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with…
Liwan
Liwan (Arabic: ليوان, from Persian eyvān) is a word used since ancient times into the present to refer to a…
Mamluk architecture
Mamluk architecture was a flowering of Islamic art during the reign of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517), which is most visible…
Umayyad architecture
Umayyad architecture developed in the Umayyad Caliphate between 661 and 750, primarily in its heartlands of Syria and Palestine. It…