Elements Of Islamic Architecture

The way that you may identify an Islamic architecture is by the elements. Examples of these elements are the following:

• Minarets or towers

In the past the minarets were used to as light to direct the travelers. That’s why the researcher called them minarets. Also they were used for announcing the important things from the government. Throw the times Muslims take care of the architecture of minarets. It has different heights and shapes.

• four- iwan plan

Iwan is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called pishtaq, a Persian term for a portal projecting from the facade of a building, usually decorated with calligraphy bands, glazed tilework,

Calligraphy is science and art because the Calligrapher doesn’t just write but he puts his soul and his imagination and his art in each character. The development of Islamic calligraphy is strongly tied to the Qur'an. At the beginning the Qur’an calligrapher used the bones of camels and palm leaves to write on them. Then they started to write on the Mushaf. There is no calligraphy in the human history get greatness and care as much as the Islamic calligraphy. Westerners also admiration the Islamic calligraphy and start to study it The senior Muslim calligraphers is as important as senior painters in Europe, the likes of Leonardo and Raphael, Picasso, and even though they are less famous. You can find this calligraphy in most of the mosque and Islamic

The use of color in architecture should be comfortable, exhilarating and beautiful and not disturbing.

The Materials and Mediums Wish is used in Islamic architecture:

In Islamic architecture different kinds of materials has been used. like stone and brick burned, marble, porcelain , wood, iron and copper. The lime was used in the part of the buildings that need to be water resistant like selling’s, canals, and drains. They were using a mixture of gypsum and lime in burned brick industry. There is different foundation depth from the ground by the building. In some large buildings it could reach to ten meters below ground level.

Most famous materials and mediums:

Stonework

Stone work in one of the earlier, pre-Islamic traditions. In the Persian and Iranian building material tends to be brick, whereas in Egypt, Syria and Asia stone is far more common. Stones were wildly spared and they have different shapes and kinds. The big stones brought to the top of the building with ropes hanging on the set of rollers so that the ox-drawn one left it easily to the