The Web and the Rail

Dome Beyond the Wall

Architecture · Camera

A pale dome and twin turquoise minarets rise beyond the earthen walls of an old Iranian town.

The Clock Minaret II

Architecture · Camera

Time keeps watch over the old courtyard.

The Written Vault

Architecture · Camera

A river of calligraphy runs beneath the prayer hall's tiled ceiling — scripture as architecture.

Twin Minarets II

Architecture · Camera

Tiled towers dissolve into a white sky.

Dome of Turquoise Vines II

Architecture · Camera

Arabesque tendrils climb the great dome at dusk.

Where the Vaults Meet II

Architecture · Camera

Three centuries of pattern collide in one corner.