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regional planning projects. Landscape Architect is indeed diverse religious and cultures - to its ingenious planning,
the person who designs outdoor environments. layout and exquisite architectural details. There is a powerful
synthesis of various regional schools of architectural
The Process of Design Thesis for Landscape Architecture craftsmanship such as Gujarat and Bengal, Hindu and Jain
takes an overview of what are the requirements for the architecture and traditional Islamic elements. According to
final Design Thesis projects taken up especially in the contemporary historians, seeking to have the best of worlds,
International Islamic University Malaysia, particularly under including to retain the memory of his past heritage and yet
the Department of Landscape Architecture. to celebrate the present, Akhbar sought and managed to
combine strands from his ancestor’s Persian style with the
This guided book includes: influence of Indian traditions which is celebrated amongst
1. Storyboards of proposals, case studies, and visual others in the typically Indian ornamentation based on the
ideas to portray the intention and types of projects often pattern and forms derived from Arab-Islamic and central
researched on especially for Design Thesis Asian traditions. In its entirety, the monuments at Fatehpur
Sikri celebrate the notion of the co-existence of man-
2. The design stage which covers the stages from conceptual kind and cultures. The assimilation of diverse regional
ideas until the preliminary Landscape Master Plan architectural influences and the all-embracing ethos of
3. Detail part of the Landscape Master Plan which includes the Mughal civilisation of its time is brought to light in an
landscape detail plans, sections and elevations, planting analysis of this complex.
concept as well as the hardscape elements

4. Summaries of the landscape illustrations in the form of ISLAMIC STUDIES AND COMPARATIVE
images and perspective drawings RELIGION/ISLAMIZATION OF
KNOWLEDGE/PHILOSOPHY
5. And finally the examples of the final Design Thesis
projects done by the selected students of Bachelor in
Landscape Architecture (Hons.), International Islamic Islam in the Malay World: Al Falimbani's
University Malaysia Scholarship
Mohammed Hussain Ahmad
This guided design thesis book will be beneficial to all
Landscape Architecture students not only in Malaysia but ISBN 978-967-418-430-8
also around the world, not forgetting the lecturers or studio Pages : 146
coordinators as well as practicing Landscape Architects. Price : RM 70.00
Indeed, The Process of Design Thesis in Landscape Year : 2017
Architecture is a valuable educational tool as well as an
endless source of inspiration. Islam in the Malay World has
been developed by a number of
classical inellectuals, among them
Architecture as a Celebration of al-Falimbani. Abd. al-Samad al-
Multi-Culturalism Falimabni is an eighteenth century

Shaukat Mahmood, Zuraini Denan & Shireen Jahnkassim Muslim Scholar from Palembang,
located in the Indonesian island of
ISBN 978-967-418-336-3 Sumatra. Through the examination
Pages : 105 of his unpublished manuscript and published works,
Price : RM 35.00 this book explores al-Falimbani's biography, his various
Year : 2014 scholarly contributions, Sufi orientation as well as the
intellectual developments of the Malay Archipelago. It
Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, India, a uncovers evidence of al-Falimbani's great erudition in the
UNESCO World Heritage site, major Islamic sciences by tracing his early education, the
has been the subject of various developments of his intellectual maturity and the influence
scholarly articles and books in of various well-known scholars who shared their expertise
the past. This book represents a with him. This book represents the first product of research
revisit to this famous complex as a which utilies a wide range of data and classical sources
constant reminder of a multi-cultural relating to al-Falimbani, including manuscripts, Jawi books,
and multi-faith stance of the Mughal Arabic biographical dictionaries and many others
civilisation in general, and a hallmark of Akhbar’s reign and
philosophy of leadership in particular. One is constantly
reminded of the possibilities of human and cultural co-
existence – unity within multiplicity-where traditions from
different religious, world views and backgrounds come
together. It is this distinctive balance and equipoise between
different worlds and cultures that embodies Fatehpur Sikri.

This ethos is reflected in the many aspect of the architecture
of this complex – from its unique and innovative style from

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