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Dictionary of Islamic architecture
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ISBN: 0415060842 0415213320 9780415060844 9780415213325 Year: 1996 Publisher: London Routledge


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Mosquées : grands courants de l'architecture islamique
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ISBN: 2851080385 9782851080387 Year: 1975 Publisher: Paris : Chêne,

Courtyard housing : past, present and future
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ISBN: 9780415262729 0415262720 020364672X 9780203646724 9781134504138 9781134504176 9781134504183 Year: 2004 Publisher: London Routledge

Islam : from Medina to the Magreb and from the Indes to Istanbul.
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ISBN: 9780415436090 9781138038899 Year: 2008 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge

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This book examines the architectural tradition which developed with the religious culture of Islam. Essentially heir to the Roman development of space, it had its source in the ubiquitous courtyard house, while the development of the mosque as both place of worship and the centre of the community, its form a response to the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran, was given a range of forms as the conquests of Islam came up against the traditions of Egypt, Persia, India and China. The tradition developed further in tombs, palaces and fortifications, all of which are described and illustrated here. The architecture of Islam encompasses a high proportion of the world's most beautiful buildings. This book covers the whole range in unprecedented breadth and depth.


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Euro Islam architecture : new mosques in the West.
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ISBN: 9789085066378 9085066379 Year: 2008 Publisher: Amsterdam SUN

Traditional Islamic principles of built environment
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ISBN: 1135788014 0203422686 0415515068 1280062517 9780203422687 9786610062515 661006251X 0700717005 9780700717002 9780203425046 0203425049 9781135787967 9781135788001 9781135788018 9780415515061 1135788006 Year: 2003 Publisher: London : RoutledgeCurzon,

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Written with the non-Muslim reader in mind, this book analyses the principles and values established by Islamic tradition to govern the social and physical environments of Muslims.The picture of Islam that emerges from this work is of a way of life with social ideals. Relying on the Qur'an and Sunna, the basic sources of Islamic law, and using examples of the built environment of early Muslims in North Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia, the author explains how following these ideals can create an urban environment that responds to social and environmental v

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