An open-access resource on architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation issues in Muslim societies.

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Beyond Ruins: Reimagining Modernism explores the potential of renovating #Modernarchitecture in the #GlobalSouth to catalyze self-determination & #communitybuilding through case studies, conversations, & visual essays buff.ly/MzYAM8b @AKDNArchitect #AKAA #gaming
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World Day for Architectural Heritage. Ernst Cohn-Wiener: Central Asia. buff.ly/x9kptAR #WDAH #ArchitecturalHeritage #IslamicArchitecture
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. International Tangier: Morocco & the Mediterranean. buff.ly/hqRNNlC #Tangier #WDAH #AudiovisualHeritage #Cities
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Faith and Places: Mughal Architecture in India. buff.ly/Xxw2b5F #India #WDAH #AudiovisualHeritage #architecture
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Happy 2026 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage! Archnet.org is “Your Window to the World” of Islamic architecture, its place in the larger social fabric, and its interactions with other belief systems. #architecture #AudiovisualHeritageDay #WDAH #MuslimSocieties
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New on Archnet! Architecture of Commonality: Grounds for Hope, ed. Tomà Berlanda, 2024. Reflections on the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, recipient of the 2019 AKAA, this collection of essays expands on the role of museums & cultural institutions buff.ly/5WBfNMT
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Baroness Ullens de Schooten: Iran, Iraq & Egypt. buff.ly/CVetXPR
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Kamil and Rifat Chadirji Photographic Archive. buff.ly/3nWgTJy #WDAH
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Mission for Indian History and Archaeology: Digital Archival Collection. buff.ly/saxVC4T #WDAH #ArchitecturalHeritage #AudiovisualHeritage #IslamicArchitecture
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Michel Ecochard’s Damascus Albums. buff.ly/InRxeHn
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Music of Morocco. buff.ly/DxfpUrf
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CASABLANCA. Le roman d'une ville is Modernist architect Michel Ecochard's firsthand account of his plan to replace spreading “bidonvilles” in the city with a grid of small courtyard houses and the issues he encountered along the way. buff.ly/P4mzqqW
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World Cities Day is October 31, 2026. Explore related Archnet resources starting on our homepage.
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Paths of Water, Pathways of Memory: Researching Islamic Traces and Rethinking Islamic Gardens in the Huerta of Valencia was an intensive 6-day studio workshop organized in late June at the Technical University of Valencia. buff.ly/geBk1Zr
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Designers of the Dakar Congress Center in Senegal sought to create gradients between the exterior and the large meeting hall, configured as a central space surrounded by public and semi-public function areas. buff.ly/tBTIATL
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Le Corbusier, a founding pioneer of #Modernist architecture, was born on this day (6 October), 129 years ago. Learn more about his work and influence in #India, #Iraq, #Morocco, and elsewhere from Archnet. buff.ly/ipJYKS7
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Today (October 5) marks the 108th anniversary of Heikki Siren, the designer of the Baghdad Conference Palace, now home to the Council of Representatives, Iraq's legislature. Find out more on Archnet: buff.ly/GxeNgx4 #Iraq #ModernArchitecture #FinnishArchitects
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Athīrat: Journal of Ancient Arabia / أثيرت: مجلة الجزيرة العربية القديمة Vol. 2. A special issue on animals in ancient Arabia. buff.ly/8YBfMhn #animals #inscriptions #RockArt #ArabianPeninsula #AncientWorld #archaeology #dromedaries #livestock #MiddleEast
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New on Archnet: Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World. Volume 7, No 1, focused on Household Archaeology in Medieval Islam buff.ly/X9KaNwJ
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Archnet and Education: A quick spin through some resources #education #IslamicArchitecture #pedagogy #teaching #cities
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