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Basil Al Bayati (Arabic: باسل البياتي; born 13 May 1946) is an Iraqi-born architect and designer who has lived and practiced for the most part in Europe, in particular, London and who Neil Bingham, in his book 100 Years of Architectural Drawing: 1900–2000, has described as "an architect in whom East meets West."
Perhaps the most prominent voice of the Metaphoric architectural school at present is Dr. Basil Al Bayati whose designs have been inspired by trees and plants, snails, whales, insects, dervishes and even myth and literature. [8] He is also the founder of the International School of Metaphoric Architecture in Málaga, Spain. [9]
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org باسل البياتي; قبر غول بابا; Usage on ca.wikipedia.org Basil Al Bayati; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Usuario:Fabulistical/Taller; Basil Al Bayati; Usage on mk.wikipedia.org Турбето на Ѓул Баба; Usage on pnb.wikipedia.org مقبرہ گل بابا
One of the leading contemporary architects that uses biomorphism in his work is Basil Al Bayati, a leading proponent of the school of Metaphoric architecture whose designs have been inspired by trees and plants, snails, whales and insects such as the Palm Mosque at the King Saud University in Riyadh, or the Al-Nakhlah Palm Telecommunications ...
The Oriental Village by the Sea by Basil Al Bayati which "is based upon Oriental building types arranged in a plan originating in patterns of insect and plant life. The exoskeleton of a dragonfly forms the main body of the building's layout, its triangular mouth of stairs on the waterfront leading to the creature's circular head of the entrance ...
The mosque and Islamic centre was designed by Dr. Basil Al Bayati, and took more than six years to complete at a cost of £3.5M. [3] The main hall can hold over one thousand worshippers, [4] with women praying on a balcony overlooking the hall. The mosque holds chandeliers and a vast carpet, with very little furniture.
Basil Al Bayati's novel The Age of Metaphors on the theme of Metaphoric Architecture is also replete with fictional architects. The main characters of Sa'ad, Shiymaa and Sa'im are all architects, as are a number of others who appear throughout the book.
Hashem Muhammad al-Baghdadi (1917–1973), calligrapher [11] Niazi Mawlawi Baghdadi, 19th-century painter, decorator and calligrapher [12] Ala Bashir (born 1939), painter, sculptor and plastic surgeon [13] Basil Al Bayati (b. 1946), architect and designer; Wafaa Bilal (b. 1966), performance artist, author and educator