Applied SciencesSlender structures such as minarets are highly susceptible to earthquake-induced damage in seismically active regions. Although various methods, including analytical and observational techniques, have been employed to study the seismic response of ...
Louay Karaker, Erdem Damcı
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The Proportions Code and the Environmental Aspects as a Design Generator for the Minarets in Cairo of the Mamluks [PDF]
Journal of Engineering Research - Egypt, 2022 One of the logic approaches to improve the contemporary design criteria of the Minarets understands the design methods of the built Minarets of Mamluks.
Abdullah Alzahrani, Ahmed Gaber
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An Analysis of Formal Geometry in Typologies and Construction Methods of Isfahan’s Traditional High-Rise Structures; the Case of Freestanding Minarets [PDF]
صفه, 2021 Minarets play influential roles in historical cities like Isfahan. They have had a range of functions, and have their distinct architectural, structural and ornamental characteristics.
Sanaz Rahravi Poodeh +1 more
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Comparative Dynamic Seismic Analyses of RC Minarets Strengthened with FRP and Buttresses
Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi, 2020 In recent earthquakes occurred in Turkey, an unexpected number of reinforced concrete (RC) minarets were heavily damaged or collapsed causing loss of lives and economic damages.
Erdem Türkeli
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Are Muslims the New Catholics? Europe’s Headscarf Laws in Comparative Historical Perspective [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper a biologically-inspired model for partly occluded patterns is proposed. The model is based on the hypothesis that in human visual system occluding patterns play a key role in recognition as well as in reconstructing internal representation ...
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Curved and Layered Structures, 2021 Using decorative elements is an inseparable aspect of Iranian architecture. Architectural ornaments in many buildings, including the minarets, represent the architect’s craftsmanship.
Safaeianpour Ali, Valibeig Nima
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On the investigation of decorative elements and architecture of the minarets of the Seljuk period in Isfahan [PDF]
پیکره, 2020 Problem definition: The minaret is one of the special decorative-functional elements in religious buildings and has an ancient background in pre-Islamic Iranian architecture.
Esmaiel Nasri, Hesam Aslani
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Bridging the Gap Between the Past and the Present: a Reconsideration of Mosque Architectural Elements [PDF]
, 2016 Mosques are among the most important building types for any community, where Muslims gather for their prayers and social activities. Mosque architecture has developed over history and faced several dramatic changes.
Asfour, O. S. (Omar)
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Assessing the Social Impact of Repairing and Reconstructing Minarets of Mosques Located in the 9th Region of Municipality of Tehran [PDF]
مدیریت دولتی, 2014 Minarets of mosques (called ‘Goldasteh’ in Persian) areone of the artifacts of Iranian Islamic culture. Thus repairing andreconstructing the minarets of mosques could have considerableoutcomes for expanding Islamic architecture and urban beautification ...
Ahmad Reza Ghasemi, Sanaz Ghorbani
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Minarets without Mosques: Limits to the Urban Politics of Neo-liberal Islamism [PDF]
, 2012 Cataloged from PDF version of article.This paper discusses urban politics in contemporary Turkey through a particular architectural phenomenon: that of minarets without mosques. Local administrations under neo-liberal Islamists propose urban regeneration
Batuman, B.
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