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    Al-Masjid al-Haram: The Building That Faces Itself

    Every building you have ever entered asked you to face something. A door, a stage, an altar, a teacher, a…

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    The Architectural Time Machine

    There are cities where time behaves normally, cities where the decades stack in clear layers like sediment on a riverbank….

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    Architecture, with Spirit: A Reflection on Direction, Proportion, and Purity

    I once sat in a lecture where the speaker, after stacking dozens of sketches of so-called Islamic cities, announced that…

  • The mountainous nature of Makkah

    The mountainous nature of Makkah, is one of the most important areas in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The height…

  • The White Lands Competition

    WORLD’S LARGEST TENT CITY: MINA Pilgrims in masses set out from Mecca to the sprawling tent city of Mina after…