Islamic heritage architecture / editors, C. A. Brebbia, A. Martinez Boquera.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Brebbia, C. A., editor.

Martinez Boquera, A., editor.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art (1st : 2016 : Valencia, Spain)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic architecture.

Building materials.

Sustainable architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Southampton, England ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : WIT Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book contains papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art. The papers deal with the design of many types of buildings in Islamic countries and the influence that these structural forms have had in non-Islamic countries. Coverage will also include construction materials.

Contents:

Cover

Islamic Heritage Architecture

Copyright page

Preface

Contents

Where the Kasbah met the hut: river Tagus and the encounter between Islamic and European building technologies

Palaces in Andalusia and Iraq in the Islamic era: a historical comparison perspective

Transformation of the urban patterns of İstanbul under the effects of the modernization during the Ottoman period

The cultural and architectural heritage of the Banten Grand Mosque, Indonesia

Mosques of the Gulf of Edremit

Space analysis of traditional wooden mosques in Samsun in Kavak town, middle part of Black Sea Region, Turkey

The influence of Spolia on Islamic architecture

Islamic urban heritage: blight or blessing?

Masjid Jami Kali Pasir: in between 'myth' and a need for historical accuracy

A tale of two rushans: architecture through oral history

Land, property and user's rights according to Islamic-Ottoman reforms in Iraq

The legacy of Aleppine Ottoman houses

Islamic heritage architecture analysis and restoration of Ras Cherratine in Fez, Morocco

Manifestation of modernity in Iranian public squares: Baharestan Square (1826-1978)

Use of daylight in mosques: meaning and practice in three different cases

Mediterranean traditions in northern Portuguese Romanesque architecture

A village of Palestine heritage - Al-Dhahiriya Palestine

Conserving the Palestinian architectural heritage

Rules of narrative in Humayun's Tomb

Heritage documentation and national identity in Qatar: case of the Al-Zaman house

Analytical study of the Mihrab dome at Cordoba's Great Mosque and the determination of Islamic prayer times in the Umayyad period

The royal mosques in Indonesia from 16th to early 20th centuries as a power representation

Ancient Tunisian mosques: morphological knowledge and classification.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78466-238-0

OCLC:

974589941