beyond its quantity, natural light has unique properties used intelligently in iranian historical architecture in order to transfer spiritual concepts. religious buildings are a good context for re-reading of light concept. due to its valuable place in iranian-islamic belief as well as its direct relationship with wisdom and philosophy, the qualitative presence of light in architecture, aimed a...

in early islamic era, architecture in khorasan was followed the common features of early islamic architecture style; such as simplicity in construction and ornament. in the later periods, especially in seljuq dynasty, the application of brick, stucco, tiling and inscription had been used more in architectural ornament. then, in the short period under the khwarizmshahid dynasty in khorasan, two-...

background: background and objectives: the biological variation of body mass index (bmi) and waist circumference (wc) with age may vary by gender. the objective of this study was to investigate the functional relationship of anthropometric measures with age and sex.methods: the data were collected from a population-based cross-sectional study of 1800 men and 1800 women aged 20-70 years in north...

Abstract This study examines the physical features of traditional mosques in Quzzat (Bardrani) quarter Herat Old City, Afghanistan. Traditional are constructed with locally available materials and planned based on cultural climatic conditions. Mosques categorised as modern or traditional. divided into three subcategories: preserved, damaged (defaced), transformed. Transformed formerly reconstru...

the process regarding the formation of different mosque gardens and the elements that contribute to the respective process is the from the foci point of this paper. the significance of the topic lies in the fact that certain scholars have associated the courtyard in mosques with the concept of garden, and have not taken into account the elements that contribute to the development of various typ...

Mosques are the most obvious materialization of Islam. They a clear sign its presence in particular territory, building where history and influence Islamic governments is reflected through their artistic elements architectural variants. However, they also essential for everyday life neighborhoods belong to, because inhabitants usually make use them daily prayers. Despite this importance, mosque...

For a Muslim society, mosque is very important as place for worshipping the god well social activities. Mosque has variety of functions including ensuring better understanding Islam in society and unity among local community, non-muslim community. Therefore, it any development to take into account sustainability aspect building which great impacts on social, environmental, economic factors. The...