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

World Cities Day is October 31, 2026. Explore related Archnet resources starting on our homepage.

Paths of Water, Pathways of Memory: Researching Islamic Traces and Rethinking Islamic Gardens in the Huerta of Valencia was an intensive 6-day studio workshop organized in late June at the Technical University of Valencia. buff.ly/geBk1Zr

Designers of the Dakar Congress Center in Senegal sought to create gradients between the exterior and the large meeting hall, configured as a central space surrounded by public and semi-public function areas. buff.ly/tBTIATL

Le Corbusier, a founding pioneer of #Modernist architecture, was born on this day (6 October), 129 years ago. Learn more about his work and influence in #India, #Iraq, #Morocco, and elsewhere from Archnet. buff.ly/ipJYKS7

Today (October 5) marks the 108th anniversary of Heikki Siren, the designer of the Baghdad Conference Palace, now home to the Council of Representatives, Iraq's legislature. Find out more on Archnet: buff.ly/GxeNgx4 #Iraq #ModernArchitecture #FinnishArchitects

Athīrat: Journal of Ancient Arabia / أثيرت: مجلة الجزيرة العربية القديمة Vol. 2. A special issue on animals in ancient Arabia. buff.ly/8YBfMhn #animals #inscriptions #RockArt #ArabianPeninsula #AncientWorld #archaeology #dromedaries #livestock #MiddleEast

New on Archnet: Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World. Volume 7, No 1, focused on Household Archaeology in Medieval Islam buff.ly/X9KaNwJ

Archnet and Education: A quick spin through some resources #education #IslamicArchitecture #pedagogy #teaching #cities

Did you know that two of the oldest continually operating institutions of higher education are both Muslim and African? They are Al-Qarawiyyin in Fes, Morocco, & Al-Azhar in Cairo, Egypt. Can you tell which is which? Check on Archnet.org #education #Islamic #African

Happy September to everyone starting the new academic year! This month's Archnet homepage highlights pedagogical resources in Archnet, as well as educational architecture throughout Islamic history. buff.ly/Gk2aoMF #education #backtoschool #IslamicArt #Architecture

Did you know the K.A.C. Creswell, one of the earliest scholars of Islamic art history, was born 137 years ago today, Sep. 13. See his photographs on Archnet. buff.ly/yMEKEHL #Cairo #Tunisia #Iraq #Syria #Jerusalem #Turkey

"Freedom Park Is A Heritage Site. It Is A Place Of History. Beyond Its Physical Being, It Is A State Of Mind; An Existential Space Where Freedom Is Synonymous With Culture And Culture Is Synonymous With Freedom..." buff.ly/YmKm1kU #parks #urbanplanning #Nigeria

The city of Timbuktu in Mali was once a wealthy crossroads on trans-Saharan trade routes and a cosmopolitan center of learning. Learn more about its history on Archnet. buff.ly/rqQ1B0c

Samarkand is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia and contains some of the most striking monuments in the history of Islamic architecture. archnet.org/authorities/3928

It's the last month of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, so we've shaken up our travel and tourism homepage with new resources on places people visit for fun, edification, spiritual renewal, or maybe just a moment of rest along the way! buff.ly/MabaQyk

August 8 marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of the Moroccan Modernist architect Jean-François Zevaco, a recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Courtyard Houses of Agadir. See them & other projects on Archnet. buff.ly/9XLs5vh #Modernism #Morocco

The great #Andalusian #scholar, #poet, #philosopher, and #Sufi Ibn 'Arabī was born on this day 861 years ago in Murcia. He authored approximately 700 works in his lifetime. His tomb is in this shrine in #Damascus. #IbnAlArabi #IslamicArchitecture #tombs buff.ly/5cFldLw

The beautiful, historic Mostar Bridge, which had been destroyed during the war in 1993, was carefully rebuilt and officially reopened on 23 July 107 years ago. Shown here, the Archnet record for the reconstruction project: buff.ly/Ok6IZtG

23 July 2026 is the 107th anniversary of the birth of Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, a pioneer of “Tropical Modernism.” See his work in the Archnet collection.