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The vanishing language of light: Neon signs fade into memory (KOR) ...
For Jews, the site once housed Solomon's Temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was enshrined. Muslims believe it was from this rock that the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven during the Mi'raj, his ...
The vanishing language of light: Neon signs fade into memory (KOR) ...
The nation’s preeminent museum returns a stunning collection to view.
Perched on a hill overlooking the town of Alès, the site, which was salvaged before construction on modern houses began, also ...
In 1344, Sultan Abu Al-Hasan Ali bin Othman gifted a beautifully handwritten and ornamented Qur’an, known as the Moroccan ...
Getting from A to B is important, but who says you can't experience a bit of beauty when using public transport? These subway ...
The Dome of the Rock, an architectural masterpiece and Islam’s third most sacred site, is revealing its secrets to scholars who were granted groundbreaking access.
The Dome of the Rock, built over 600 years after Solomon’s Temple, is a stunning but undeniable testimony to the Islamic colonization of a Jewish land. The historical timeline doesn’t lie.
The legacy of modernist architecture in Uzbekistan and its capital, Tashkent, is explored through research, a new publication, and the country's upcoming pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale ...
The oldest surviving piece of Islamic architecture, the Dome of the Rock is a shrine on the Temple Mount that dates back to 692. The octagonal structure is covered in mosaics and topped with a ...
Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha by IM Pei, the first "mega-museum in the Gulf".