Archnet Highlights & FAQ
Below are examples of things you will find in Archnet collections.
Journals and Publication Series
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- Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World, full run up to the last 3 issues.
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- AKAA: Building for the Islamic World Today, an ongoing series since 1983.
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- International Journal of Architectural Research, full run starting in 2007
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- Mimar: Architecture in Development, full run from 1981 to 1992
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- مجلة العِمارة / Majallat al-Imarah, Cairo-based journal of modern and contemporary architecture. full run 1939-1949
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- Environmental Design: Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre, full run, 1984-2001.
Collections of Historic photographs (up to mid-20th c.)
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- The Great Mosque of Gaza in Palestine, from the collection K.A.C. Creswell, including photographs and drawings.
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- Mirza ‘Aziz Kotaltash Tomb in Delhi, India, from the collection Faith and Places: Mughal Architecture in India.
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- Gare Centrale in Oran, Algeria, from the collection International Tangier: Morocco & the Mediterranean in the early 20th c..
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- Rowze-i Sharif in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, from the collection Byron’s Iran and Afghanistan
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- Mir-i Arab Madrasa in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, from the collection Ernst Cohn-Wiener: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
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- Istanbul, Yedikule Hisar, from the Mediterranean Postcards collection.
Architect’s Archives
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- Site plan for the Iraqi Reinsurance Company Headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, from the archive of Hisham Munir.
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- 1936 Circulation Plan for Damascus from the archive of Michel Ecochard.
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- Design for a row of rooms of the Banyan Tree Hotel in Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia. From the archive of Geffrey Bawa.
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- A plan in gouache for the Villa Hasan ‘Abd al-Razik in Beni Mazar, Egypt, from the Hassan Fathy archive .
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- Perspective drawing of the planned Khulafa City Center, from the archive of Mohamed Makiya.
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- Page 82 of a Sketchbook in the Ali Tayar Archive.
20th Century Photography
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- View of the Mosque of Abdouramane, Mali, from the collection Sebastian Schutyser: Mali.
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- A view of the village of At Tawilah, Yemen from the collection Peggy Crawford: Photographs of Yemen.
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- View of the Caravanserai in Gaz, Iran, from the collection Baroness Ullens de Schooten: Iran, Iraq & Egypt.
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- Vault of the northwest iwan of Masjid-i Imam in Isfahan, Iran, from the collection of Daniel C. Waugh.
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- Corinthian columns in the Temple of Artemis, Jerash, Jordan, from the archive of Yasser Tabbaa.
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- View of zidaka (wall niches) in ndani (harem) in the McCrindle House in Lamu, Kenya, from the collection James de Vere Allen: Swahili Kingdoms.
Other Notable Collections
