Now available on ARCHNET: The Fortieth Anniversary Volume of Muqarnas. An Annual on Visual, Material & Architectural Cultures of the Islamic World. With an author index of all articles that have appeared in the journal! #IslamicArt #IslamicArchitecture buff.ly/ds9MJrw

Now on Archnet: Muqarnas 38: articles on #mosque spolia in #Tigray; a #minaret, illustrated dictionary, and #gardens in #India; the origin of the #Ottoman #Fez; #Archaeology and #CulturalPolicy & mosque architecture in Ottoman & Protectorate #Tunisia... buff.ly/4mzWmZn

Today, Nov. 3, marks the 97th anniversary of the birth of Oleg Grabar (d. 2011), a historian, archaeologist & leading figure in Islamic art & architecture in Western academia. buff.ly/XBUUpOF

Today is the 120th anniversary of the birth of Sune Lindström who, along with his wife Malene Björn, designed the Kuwait Water Towers, recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ( #AKAA ) in 1980. buff.ly/MsIU6D1

Today is the 95th anniversary of the birth of Paolo Portoghesi (d. 2023), architect of the Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center in Rome, Italy. buff.ly/g4ek14e #Rome #IslamicArchitecture #mosque

Today marks the 76th anniversary of the birth of the late, great Zaha Hadid (d. 31 March 2016)! Learn more about her work, including the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at #AUB, an #AKAA winner: buff.ly/UCOYga7 #ZahaHadid #Lebanon #Iraq

Happy # WorldCitiesDay! This collage features images of #Baghdad, #Cairo, #Damascus, #Dubai, #Istanbul, #Lagos, $Mashhad, and #Tetouan. How many can you identify? Two of them are #maps that show the city name, so you have a head start! buff.ly/3XoYXzl #urbanplanning #WCD

Today, 31 October, is World Cities Day, so we invite you to explore our free, open-access library of resources on architecture, urbanism, and Muslim communities. No sign-up required, and we don't collect any information. Just dive in and explore! Archnet.org

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

World Day for Architectural Heritage. Ernst Cohn-Wiener: Central Asia. buff.ly/x9kptAR #WDAH #ArchitecturalHeritage #IslamicArchitecture

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. International Tangier: Morocco & the Mediterranean. buff.ly/hqRNNlC #Tangier #WDAH #AudiovisualHeritage #Cities

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Faith and Places: Mughal Architecture in India. buff.ly/Xxw2b5F #India #WDAH #AudiovisualHeritage #architecture

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

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

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Baroness Ullens de Schooten: Iran, Iraq & Egypt. buff.ly/CVetXPR

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Kamil and Rifat Chadirji Photographic Archive. buff.ly/3nWgTJy #WDAH

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Mission for Indian History and Archaeology:
Digital Archival Collection. buff.ly/saxVC4T #WDAH #ArchitecturalHeritage #AudiovisualHeritage #IslamicArchitecture

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Michel Ecochard’s Damascus Albums. buff.ly/InRxeHn

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Music of Morocco. buff.ly/DxfpUrf

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