Compass-and-straightedge construction, also known as ruler-and-compass construction or classical construction, is the construction of lengths, angles, and other geometric figures…
Girih tiles are a set of five tiles that were used in the creation of Islamic geometric patterns using strapwork…
Girih (Persian: گره, "knot") is a decorative Islamic geometric artform used in architecture and handicraft objects, consisting of angled lines…
In Iranian architecture, banna'i (Persian: بنائی, "builder's technique" in Persian) is an architectural decorative art in which glazed tiles are…
The alfiz (meaning 'a container) is an architectonic adornment, consisting of a moulding, usually a rectangular panel, which encloses the…
Dikka (from Arabic: دكة dikka) is a term in Muslim architecture for a tribune raised upon columns from which the…
Tajug is a pyramidal or pyramid square (i.e. an equilateral square base with a peak) ornament which is usually used…
A monolithic dome (from Greek mono- and -lithic, meaning "one stone") is a structure cast in a one-piece form. The…
Domes built in the 19th and 20th centuries benefited from more efficient techniques for producing iron and steel as well…
The construction of domes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries relied primarily on empirical techniques and oral traditions rather than…