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Pakistani architecture is intertwined with the architecture of the broader Indian subcontinent. The major architectural styles popular in the past were Temple, Indo-Islamic, Mughal and Indo-Saracenic architecture, all of which have many regional varieties. With the beginning of the Indus civilization around the middle of the 3rd millennium BC ...
Islamic architecture. Islamic architecture. Top: arches of the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba (Spain); centre: the Jameh Mosque in Isfahan (Iran); bottom: interior side view of the main dome of the Selimiye Mosque (Edirne, Turkey) Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam.
Yasmeen Lari was born in 1941 in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan, [1] and spent her early years in and around Lahore in a renowned clan of Iraqi Biradari. Her father Zafarul Ahsan, an ICS officer, was working on major development projects in Lahore and other cities, through which Lari was exposed to architecture. Her sister is Pakistani politician ...
The tomb of Shaikh Salim Chisti is considered to be one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture. The Tomb of Salim Chishti is famed as one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in India, built during the years 1580 and 1581. The tomb, built in 1571 in the corner of the mosque compound, is a square marble chamber with a verandah.
Amb temples in Khushab district. The Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architectural heritage of Pakistan is part of a long history of settlement and civilization in Pakistan. The Indus Valley civilization collapsed in the middle of the second millennium BCE and was followed by the Vedic Civilisation, which extended over much of northern India and Pakistan.
Architecture in Pakistan by period or style (4 C) A. Pakistani architects ... Pakistani architectural history (2 C, 3 P) Housing in Pakistan (7 C, 9 P) L.
The Lahore Fort (Punjabi: شاہی قلعہ, romanized: Shā’ī Qi’lā, lit. 'Royal Fort'; Urdu: شاہی قلعہ, romanized: Shāhī Qilā) is a citadel in the city of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. [1] The fortress is located at the northern end of the Walled City of Lahore and spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares (49 acres). [2]
Nayyar Ali Dada (Lahore) Habib Fida Ali (Karachi) Abdur Rahman Hye – (also known as A. R. Hye) – pioneer of institutional architecture in Pakistan. Yasmeen Lari (Karachi) – Pakistan's first woman architect [ 3][citation needed] Nasreddin Murat-Khan (Lahore) – architect of the Minar-e-Pakistan and other structures.