Architecture -- Islamic countries

Content Description

Research archive of Besim S. Hakim

Scope and Contents This archive represents a small, but very important portion of documentation available of the architect Hisham Munir's records, which includes oral history recordings, records concerning the content covered in the interviews (such as illustrations or notes), several texts, and descriptions of projects provided by Hisham Munir. The interviews with Hisham Munir were conducted by Michael Kubo and Michael A. Toler on April 11 and 12, 2015. There are unpublished notes kept during...

Scope and Contents of the Collection The records of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture document the activity of the program at MIT from its inception in 1979, primarily through administrative records and reports, newsletters, annual reports, and the records of its decision-making body, the Executive or Program Committees. Material in series 11 (Videodisc Project Records) relates to preparation of a videodisc. Series 12 (Photographs of religious Documents) contains material created for the videodisc by Catherine B....

Scope and Contents DRAFT [Écochard S+C note DRAFT.docx] The Michel Écochard archive includes work documenting all areas of his work over his career in regard to his categories: Archeologie, Architecture, and Urbanisme (using his French terms for these categories.) We have everything sent to us which was received first by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture directly from Michel Écochard, there nothing that has been excluded, what we have is what was received in it's entirety to the degree of completeness which...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of maps, architectural drawings, and other drawings in the archive, most of which arrived separately from other documentation. All of the items in this series were given accession numbers, by which they are listed in Appendix I. Many of these graphic materials have been digitized and that is indicated by a "D"in the appendix I, which also lists the container in which each physical item is located.

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Being drafted/revised as of 6/16/2020.