In 1961, a year before designing the World Trade Center towers, American architect Minoru Yamasaki completed a much smaller project that would influence the look of his new creation in New York City.

Wooden mihrab from the shrine of Sayyida Ruqayya, Cairo, Egypt (1133): “Made by the order of the wife of the reigning Fatimid caliph, the mihrab is decorated on all sides, suggesting that it was ...

Looking at mosques, madrasas, palaces and tombs from the 8th-19th centuries, Eric Broug analyzes and explains Islamic geometric designs in their historical and physical context. Chapters cover the ...

This release is also available in Farsi, Arabic and Turkish. Medieval Islamic artisans developed a pattern-making process for designing ornate tiled surfaces that allowed them to produce sophisticated ...

There was a particular moment in history when no artistic field was immune to the influence of Islamic design, writes Cath Pound. Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity, currently on show at ...

The exhibition follows the announcement of the winner of the Jameel Prize, which is awarded every two years and aims to, ‘encourage artists globally to continue exploring the roots of Islam and the ...