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…
Islamic rule over northern and central India brought with it the use of domes constructed with stone, brick and mortar,…
Italian renaissance domes were designed during the Renaissance period of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy. Beginning in Florence,…
The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier…
The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier…