Diyarbakir is a city on the southeast of the Turkey. The city I live, is known with a long and historic walls. Walls of Diyarbakir are more than five kilometers long, among the longest of medieval fortifications; only the Great Wall of China is longer. It is constructed of imposing masonry in black basalt (a [...]

What interested me to photograph the As-Shariff masjid, beyond its elegant architecture, was its vibrant yellow coat of paint against the deep blue sky in the early morning. My lens was fitted with a polarizer filter to accentuate the blue color of the sky as well as to enhance the contrast between the deep blue [...]

A beautiful blue sky and the Islamic architecture blending in harmony that reminds me of Allah, the most Gracious, most Merciful. It was taken after Zuhur prayer in Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur. If you look at the architecture carefully, it’s Islamic pop art, and the verse from Quran, Chapter 9 (18-22) on the beautiful wall, [...]

This photograph is of a beautiful symbolic Monument which is in Agra (India). That was the Sunset time, when it looks lovely as the sky goes dark, and the monument is getting more beautiful. When I was taking this picture, I just thought how the Great Taj will look when it is taken from corner [...]

The grandest of the roman structures. Clicked during my recent visit to Rome, its a structure that amazed me. I went there thrice in four days to catch it in different moods. The false platform in the front part of the podium shows how it would have looked like when it was fully functional.

This is a little glimpse into the intricate architectural style of Morocco; except that the Moroccan Pavilion is not in Morocco but in Putrajaya Malaysia. It is a small splendid pavilion which contains several rooms adorned with traditional Moroccan furniture. The walls are either covered with elaborate and colourful mosaics or with bas relief of [...]

After hunting for it for some time, I found the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, also known as The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (architect Peter Eisenman; engineer Buro Happold, 2004). The top of the memorial is relatively at street level and dips into the ground, immersing you. This type of structure in the [...]

This shot was taken at Jama Masjid, Delhi, India. I love the dimensional difference between the Mosque and the Woman here. And also love the contrast between the Red Mosque & the Blue Clothing.

The Moroccan architecture is fascinating. The use of symmetry and geometric shapes is fantastic and a real treat for the wondering photographer. This building, the El Bhahia Palace is beautifully decorated and a treat to explore. I tried to capture some of the beauty of the decoration together with a bit of scale of this [...]

The design of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque has been inspired by both Mughal and Moorish mosque architecture, particularly the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore and the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca being direct influences. The dome layout and floor plan of the mosque was inspired by the Badshahi Mosque and the architecture was inspired by both [...]