A riad is a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden or courtyard.Generally from one to four storeys…
A mashrabiya (Arabic: مشربية), also either shanshūl (شنشول) or rūshān (روشان), is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with…
Liwan (Arabic: ليوان, from Persian eyvān) is a word used since ancient times into the present to refer to a…
In traditional Persian architecture, a kucheh or koocheh (Persian: کوچه), is a narrow especially designed alley. Remnants of it are…
A jharokha (Hindi: झरेखा Jharokha, eingedeutscht also Jaroka ) is a type of overhanging enclosed balcony used in the architecture…
An iwan (Persian: ایوان eyvān, Arabic: إيوان Iwan, also spelled ivan, Turkish: eyvan) is a rectangular hall or space, usually…
In architecture, a hypostyle hall has a roof which is supported by columns. Etymology The word hypostyle comes from the…
A chhajja is the projecting or overhanging eaves or cover of a roof, usually supported on large carved brackets. It…
Chartaq (Persian: چارطاق) chahartaq (چهارطاق), chartaqi (چارطاقی), or chahartaqi (چهارطاقی), literally meaning "four arches", is an architectural unit consisted of…
Traditional Persian residential architecture, is the architecture employed by builders and craftsmen in the cultural Greater Iran and the surrounding…