The Role and Significance of Ornament and Geometry in Alhambra

The Role and Significance of Ornament and Geometry in Alhambra is an Architecture degree essay which explores the details of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. It is a walk-through of the grandiose complex of palaces and gardens, looking at different architectural details seen throughout, such as symbolic Moorish decoration and Islamic calligraphy, and their connection to spirituality in Islam. The essay also partially looks at how this historical ornamentation may be observed, and possibly reproduced, in contemporary architecture.