Love at first sight. Such a sensation may exist for those who approach the purely white, marble Taj Mahal and are overtaken by its immense size and beauty [Fig. 1]. The Taj Mahal can be referred to as a symbol of eternal love since Shah Jahan built it for his princess upon her death in 1631 A.D. Lo...

Honour and Fleming have sought to distinguish Islamic architecture from Western classicism by suggesting that the Moslem architects' interest in structural problems would seem to have been primarily intellectual; their appreciation of architecture to be focused on the decorative and the ornamental....

The Taj Mahal near the city of Agra in northern India and on the south bank of the Jamuna River is among the world's most famous and beautiful buildings. In fact, it is regarded as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. Built by over 20,000 workers over a period of 20 years, the Taj Ma...