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Category: ArchNet

  • Architecture

Video: Al Darb al-Ahmar, Cairo Tourist Routes

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on February 25, 2021

Between 1998 to 2012, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture restored eight major monuments in…

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  • Architecture

Archnet.org: Monuments of Islamic Architecture

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on May 24, 2019

A version of the course Monuments of Islamic Architecture presented by Professors Gulru Necipoglu and David Roxburgh at Harvard…

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  • Architecture

The Pedagogy Project: Resources for Teaching and Learning

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

The purpose of the Archnet Pedagogy Collection is to make well-crafted and practical resources publicly…

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  • Afghanistan

Chihilsitoon Garden and Palace

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on March 4, 2019March 4, 2019

A video showing the completed rehabilitation of Chihilsitoon Garden and Palace in Kabul using drone…

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  • Aga Khan Foundation

Egypt: Minister of Antiquities cooperates with Aga Khan Foundation to restore monuments

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on January 24, 2019January 25, 2019

CAIRO – 23 January 2019: Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anani convened with the director of…

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  • ArchNet

Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT wins the Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on November 6, 2018

Tamayouz Excellence Award is delighted to announce the winner of the 2018 Middle Eastern Architectural…

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Chihilsitoon Garden and Palace Rehabilitation | Archnet
  • Afghanistan

Chihilsitoon Garden and Palace Rehabilitation | Archnet

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on June 21, 2018June 23, 2018

Chihilsitoon Garden is a 12.5-hectare public site, located four kilometres south of Babur’s Garden, on…

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A video tour of Archnet's revised collections page
  • ArchNet

A video tour of Archnet’s revised collections page

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on May 1, 2018April 30, 2018
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  • ArchNet

Women’s History Month on Archnet

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on March 14, 2018March 14, 2018

To mark the Women’s History Month, Archnet (https://archnet.org/) highlights the role of women in Islamic…

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More than 10,000 records added to the Archnet Online Library in 1 year
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More than 10,000 records added to the Archnet Online Library in 1 year

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on January 11, 2018January 12, 2018

Approximately 12,357 records were published in Archnet between January 1 and December 31, 2017, increasing…

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Archnet: The Islamic Heritage of Bangladesh
  • ArchNet

Archnet: The Islamic Heritage of Bangladesh

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on January 3, 2018January 2, 2018

A new Archnet collection, The Islamic Heritage of Bangladesh, documents the architecture of 33 historic sites…

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  • ArchNet

New Archnet Exhibition: Red Monastery Church Restoration

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on January 2, 2018January 1, 2018

A new Archnet exhibition highlights the interior of the Church of Saints Bishai and Bigol in the…

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Afghanistan: Hope Takes Root
  • Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: Hope Takes Root

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on December 2, 2017December 3, 2017

Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme The movie, Afghanistan: Hope Takes Root, presents the conservation and…

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Geometric pattern in carved terracotta from the Madrasa al-Mustansiriyya, Baghdad, Iraq
  • ArchNet

Geometric pattern in carved terracotta from the Madrasa al-Mustansiriyya, Baghdad, Iraq

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on November 29, 2017November 28, 2017

In 1227/625 AH, the thirty-seventh Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir Billah (r. 1226-1242) commissioned the construction of…

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Aleppo: A Battered City
  • ArchNet

Aleppo: A Battered City

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on November 25, 2017November 27, 2017

Aleppo: A Battered City

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Online Collections at Archnet - Aga Khan Museum's Exhibition: Syria: A Living History
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Online Collections at Archnet – Aga Khan Museum’s Exhibition: Syria: A Living History

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on May 23, 2017May 23, 2017

This is a complete online collection of the Aga Khan Museum Exhibition, Syria: A Living History.

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Archnet Collections: Constructing the Study of Islamic Art
  • ArchNet

Archnet Collections: Constructing the Study of Islamic Art

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on April 13, 2017April 13, 2017

A set of four volumes of studies by Oleg Grabar

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

Countdown to Diamond Jubilee – Snapshots of Imamat – 1998 to 2002

  • by Nimira Dewji
  • Posted on February 27, 2017July 23, 2017

The new notions of free enterprise, of creating wealth, these are sound notions but they…

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ArchNet: Drawings of Islamic Monuments
  • ArchNet

ArchNet: Drawings of Islamic Monuments

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on January 2, 2017January 6, 2017

The most tweeted Archnet link in 2016: A collection of Drawings of Islamic Monuments.  …

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Archnet named one of the Top 20 Architecture Sites for 2016 by The Global Grid
  • ArchNet

Archnet named one of the Top 20 Architecture Sites for 2016 by The Global Grid

  • by AM
  • Posted on December 22, 2016January 13, 2017

The Global Grid, a service focused on delivering daily news on “localized and unique architecture,…

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ArchNet: Amin Mosque - Turfan, China
  • ArchNet

ArchNet: Amin Mosque – Turfan, China

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on February 13, 2016February 12, 2016

Built in 1779 during the Qing Dynasty in memory of the Uygur King Amin Khoja…

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Restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture: Mausoleum of Amir 'Abd al-Rahman. Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan

Restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture: Mausoleum of Amir ‘Abd al-Rahman. Kabul, Afghanistan

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on October 10, 2015October 9, 2015

In the late 19th century, Amir Abdur Rahman Khan commissioned a garden pavilion which, after…

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University President LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS joins HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN ’59 and MIT President CHARLES VEST at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning Friday to launch ArchNet, a site devoted to Islamic architecture. (Image credit: Seth Bechis, The Harvard Crimson)
  • Aga Khan IV

Archnet turns 13: His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan & Presidents of MIT and Harvard Lay Foundations for an Architecture of Understanding

  • by AM
  • Posted on September 27, 2015August 6, 2017

“As trustees of God’s creation, we are instructed to seek to leave the world a…

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Noh Gunbad Mosque in Balkh, Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan

Noh Gunbad Mosque in Balkh, Afghanistan

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on June 20, 2015June 19, 2015

A fascinating documentary on the history and restoration process of the Noh Gunbad Mosque in…

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World Day for Cultural Diversity - Archnet - diversity
  • ArchNet

In support of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – Archnet profiles the built environment of Muslim societies

  • by AM
  • Posted on May 21, 2015August 6, 2017

“In a diverse world, the destruction of cultures is a crime, and uniformity is a…

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