Below is a something that originally appeared in the MIT Libraries Libguide to Islamic Architecture that is maintained by the Aga Khan Documentation Center @ MIT.  The archive it describes is fascinating.  I’ve just replaced it with something new, but I couldn’t bear to just throw this out completely, so I’m recycling it here.  To find out what I archive I’m featuring now, you’ll just have to check out the Archnet portion of the Libguide.  It’s got a lot of interesting resources, most of it compiled by our Program Head and our Visual Resources Librarian, though I try to hold up my end. Check it out and let us know what you think. 

And don’t forget to…

…DIVE INTO AN ARCHNET ARCHIVE

When you dive into the collections on Archnet, you never know what you will find.  For example, in the archive of renowned Iraqi architect Dr. Mohamed Saleh Makiya, you can trace his first major project, the celebrated Khalufa Central Mosque in Baghdad, from the imagination of the architect through construction, and also see images of the completed project.  Beyond that, you can read a proposal and see the plans that Makiya submitted for substantially expanding the Khulafa Mosque complex and renovating the area surrounding it.

Below is are just 5 images relating to the Khalufa Central Mosque from the Makiya collection.
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Sketch of the site with architect’s annotations

Annotated plan of the site

Original architect’s drawing of the northwest elevation

Courtyard, detail of base of minaret; with riwaq, 1970s

Makiya Associates and Archicentre. Khulafa Mosque and Environs Development Proposal. London: Makiya Associates, 1981. http://archnet.org/collections/123/publications/8799