DAMBULLA CAVE TEMPLE - a unique feature in these caves was the
use of a drip ledge carved along the top edge of the rock ceiling which stopped rain water running into the cave
RUWANWELISAYA STUPA
POLONNARUWA VATADAGE
PALACE OF KING PARAKRAMABAHU
WORLDTRADECENTER
BANK OF CEYLON
SIXTY DOME MOSQUE
vatadage is considered to be one of ancient Sri Lanka's most prolific architectural creations
Architecture of Bangladesh is intertwined with the architecture of the Bengal region and the broader Indian subcontinent
TAJHAT PALACE
Fazlur Rahman Khan was a structural engineer and architect, who initiated structural systems that are fundamental to tall building design today. Regarded as the "Einstein of structural engineering"
stupa - a key architectural form of the early Buddhist period.
The mausoleum was a significant Islamic structure,
MAUSOLEUM AT MAZAR-I SHARIF
mosque - universal religious building
GHORID MINARET AT JAM - one of two surviving monuments in Afghanistan
NEW NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFGHANISTAN - celebrates the richness of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage and the spirit of its peoples
TOMB OF THE SHAH RUKN-I-ALAM
Mughal architecture emerged in the medieval period during the reign of the Mughal Empire in the 15th to 17th centuries
LAHORE MUSEUM
PAKISTAN MONUMENT
Dzongs comprise heavy masonry curtain walls surrounding one or more courtyards