The traditional wood screens made in ornately geometric patterns for Islamic palaces and mosques are given the modern art treatment. Anila Quayyum Agha's "Charred Gold," is a mashrabiya made of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The former Center for Art in Wood is now the Museum for Art in Wood and has a new exhibit on display for March. "The overall mission of the Museum for Art in Wood is to share ...

In 2018, the Aga Khan Garden opened within The University of Alberta Botanic Garden. The garden is named for the leader of the Isma’ili sect of Islam, whose foundation donated the funds for its ...

The delicate mashrabiya has offered effective protection against intense sunlight in the Middle East for several centuries. However, nowadays this traditional Islamic window element with its ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Of all the foreign lands that caught the Victorians’ roaming eye (and plundering grasp) it was perhaps the vast ...

What does it mean to look? And what does it mean to be seen? These are two of the critical questions raised in Mashrabiya: The Art of Looking Back, an intimate, six-person exhibition now on view in ...

In the United Arab Emirates, architects are taking cues from an ancient Arabic design tradition. A shading system on the facade of the Al Bahar Towers was inspired by latticed screens. The screens are ...

Mischer’traxler recently collaborated with a team of expert woodworkers in Lebanon to create a beautifully intricate wooden table. Dubbed ‘Gradient Mashrabiya’, this multi-purpose table uses the ...

A perforated screen is often treated as an afterthought, something applied to soften light, to decorate a façade, or to add texture where a wall might otherwise feel flat. It is photographed as a ...

Glass-skinned steel-frame skyscrapers have many advantages. They're relatively quick, inexpensive and easy to build and require comparatively few materials. But they pose problems; heat not least ...