Category: History
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Mosques I: Regional Styles – Umayyad Mosque Damascus (705-715)
This is the second installment of the post, Mosque: Form and Function. In the first post I discussed the form and function of a mosque, and highlighted the two most important mosques in Islam, the Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. This post and the following posts will briefly cover some of the most…
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Mosque: Form and Function
Mosques are an integral part of any Muslim neighborhood or community. Its primary function is to provide a place for prayer which is compulsory for all Muslims who have reached adulthood. Islam does not prescribe to any architectural model or material except that the front of the mosque face Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. Function: A…
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CSO Resources
WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER So far this June has been pretty rainy, so it seems timely to provide some resources on a problem that New York City and many other municipalities are struggling to deal with: Combined Sewer Overflows or CSOs. Why should this be of interest to you? Well, you don’t swim in your…
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New York City Landmarks Reflected in Postage Stamps
Most people living outside of New York City may only know the city through its landmark buildings and sites, and what better way to get to know these iconic landmarks than through US postage stamps. I have pulled together a few of the most well-known New York sites and structures commemorated by the US postal Service.…
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The Eastern Tradition of Landscape Architecture: Part II
Eastern Landscape Architecture Tradition: Part II This is the second part of a two-part series about the varied landscape architectural traditions of the Middle East and the West and the impacts of their differing climates on design. The first part analyzed the relationship that Western landscape architecture had with wet and cold climates. This second part…
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The Divide Between Architecture and Landscape Architecture: Part I
The Western Tradition of Landscape Architecture: Recently, I came across Yale Professor and architect Joel Sander’s book, Ground Work. In it he discusses the divide between the architecture and landscape architecture. According to Sanders, “at least since the late nineteenth century, architecture and landscape architecture have been professionally segregated… more often than not, landscape architects are hired to…