The Alhambra’s Muqarnas Vaults and Samarkand’s Timurid Domes: Suspended Gypsum Geometry and Load Redirection Two of the medieval world’s most intricate achievements share a common geometric vocabulary while pursuing entirely different structural strategies: the honeycomb plaster vaults of Granada’s Alhambra and the structural tile domes of Samarkand’s Timurid necropolis. Nasrid […]