Blue signifies the impenetrable depths of ... representing status and wealth. The color gold in Islamic architecture reveals the pride and importance given to the faith and its construction.

the Sultan Ahmet mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque) in Istanbul, Turkey; and the turquoise arabesques of the celebrated Shah Mosque in Esfahan, Iran. Islamic architecture has influenced ...

Iqbal Salahuddin has a passion for Islamic architecture in Spain ... pointing to the hues of blue in the under-construction mosque at a one-kanal site in Salli Town, which is named after his ...

Blue-tiled Bab Boujloud ... in 1176 and features centuries of Mamluk and Ottoman architecture. The recently revamped Museum of Islamic Art (sca-egypt.org) is impressive. NEED TO KNOW L ...

Lu’s determination to find out took him on a journey through hundreds of photographs of Islamic architecture in the ... The main, dark pattern of red and blue lines was very complex and ...

A most striking and interesting blend of Hindu and Islamic architecture is Bhopal's palace ... feature in the built heritage of Bhopal. Blue colour used for signage was inspired by Lapis Lazuli ...

The lecture was presented by Dr Alain Fouad George, I M Pei Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, University of Oxford, who explored the date and origin of the Blue Qur’an within the ...

Dr. Sussan Babaie from the Courtauld Institute is an expert in Islamic architecture. She turns the spotlight on two significant monuments of the early medieval period in the Islamic world ...