Contemporary Architecture of Egypt
... established in the same period. Also, the Arab Academy for Science and Technology has constituted two other departments, one in Alexandria (1994-1995) and a recent one in Cairo (1999). For the first time in the Egyptian History, privatization reached fully to universities, where four private univers ...
... established in the same period. Also, the Arab Academy for Science and Technology has constituted two other departments, one in Alexandria (1994-1995) and a recent one in Cairo (1999). For the first time in the Egyptian History, privatization reached fully to universities, where four private univers ...
residential and commercial architectural periods and styles in san
... heart of San Francisco were usually two-story brick buildings with decorative details that included exposed anchor bolts, triangular or curvilinear pediments over windows and cornices supported on decorative brackets. Ground stories often featured cast iron shutters between cast iron pilasters with ...
... heart of San Francisco were usually two-story brick buildings with decorative details that included exposed anchor bolts, triangular or curvilinear pediments over windows and cornices supported on decorative brackets. Ground stories often featured cast iron shutters between cast iron pilasters with ...
Glossary of Architectural Terms
... arch. A basic element of construction, arches appear in all types of architecture. Arches can be decorative or structural. Early civilizations building arches include the Mesopotamians (as early as the 2nd millennium BCE) the Egyptians and the Greeks. Roman architecture adopted the arch from th ...
... arch. A basic element of construction, arches appear in all types of architecture. Arches can be decorative or structural. Early civilizations building arches include the Mesopotamians (as early as the 2nd millennium BCE) the Egyptians and the Greeks. Roman architecture adopted the arch from th ...
Ottoman architecture
Ottoman architecture is the architecture of the Ottoman Empire which emerged in Bursa and Edirne in 14th and 15th centuries. The architecture of the empire developed from the earlier Seljuk architecture and was influenced by the Byzantine architecture, Iranian as well as Islamic Mamluk traditions after the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans. For almost 400 years Byzantine architectural artifacts such as the church of Hagia Sophia served as models for many of the Ottoman mosques. Overall, Ottoman architecture has been described as Byzantine architecture synthesized with architectural traditions of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.The Ottomans achieved the highest level architecture in their lands hence or since. They mastered the technique of building vast inner spaces confined by seemingly weightless yet massive domes, and achieving perfect harmony between inner and outer spaces, as well as articulated light and shadow. Islamic religious architecture which until then consisted of simple buildings with extensive decorations, was transformed by the Ottomans through a dynamic architectural vocabulary of vaults, domes, semi domes and columns. The mosque was transformed from being a cramped and dark chamber with arabesque-covered walls into a sanctuary of aesthetic and technical balance, refined elegance and a hint of heavenly transcendence.Today, one finds remnants of Ottoman architecture in certain parts of its former territories under decay.