Baha\'i Architecture

 

How unique!!!

How unique is the Baha\'i Architecture ?

The Shrine of the Báb is a structure in Haifa, Israel (Palestine in 1909) where the remains of the Báb. `Abdu\'l-Bahá planned the structure, which was designed and completed several years later by his grandson, Shoghi Effendi.

The architect was William Sutherland Maxwell, a Canadian Bahá\'í who was a Beaux-Arts architect and the father-in-law of Shoghi Effendi. Shoghi Effendi provided overall guidance, including in the use of Western and Eastern styles, but left the artistic details to Maxwell.

Saint Isaac\'s Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral (sobor) in the city.

The church on St Isaac\'s Square was ordered by Tsar Alexander I, to replace an earlier Rinaldiesque structure. A specially appointed commission examined several designs, including that of the French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand (1786–1858), who had studied in the atelier of Napoleon\'s designer, Charles Percier.

One more example of Unique Baha\'i Architecture !

 

Original : Shazdeh Garden (Iran) was built originally for Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar Sardari Iravani ca.1850 and was extended ca.1870 by Abdolhamid Mirza Naserodollehand during the eleven years of his governorship in the Qajar dynasty. The construction was left unfinished, due to the death of Abdolhamid Mirza in the early 1890s. (Wikipedia)

Copy : Baha\'i Terraces (Israel), Fariborz Sahba began work in 1987 designing the gardens and oversaw construction. The terraces were opened to the public in June 2001.

www.sBaha\'i Architecture : The Eagle at the Burial Place of Baha\'u\'llah

 

 

The use of Eagles in the United States Patriotic Monuments and those in Baha\'i Architectures.
The eagle in the center is mounted near the grave of Baha\'u\'llah in the Gardens of Baha’i, Israel.

Baha\'i Architecture: The grave of Shoghi Effendi

 

The unique Baha\'i Architecture

Tsarina\'s Stone, oldest public monument in Helsinki, Finland.

In the middle of the Market Square is Helsinki’s oldest public monument, the Tsarina’s Stone. It is an obelisk of red granite topped by a globe and an eagle, the emblem used by the Tsars of Russia. The eagle’s breastplate shows a lion, the coat of arms of Finland. The monument was erected in 1835 in honor of the visit by Tsar Nikolai I and the Tsarina Alexandra, who stepped ashore here.
In 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution and Finland’s independence, Russian seamen took down the globe and eagle, but the Finns kept them safe and they were put back in 1971. There are few places anywhere else where original monuments to the old Russian royal family still exist.

Here is the Baha\'i story for Eagle & Globe on Shoghi.

Somebody asked this question to Ruhiyyih Khanum the widow of Shoghi :

Where exactly was the eagle that was used as a model for the one on the Guardian\'s grave purchased?

She answered : Down on Prince Street [in Edinburgh], going down the hill towards Holyrood Castle; in that direction, on the left side, there was a very very famous antique shop, run by a woman who somebody yesterday in an antique shop told me they knew very well. I thought she was Scottish; she was Jewish, and she was Mrs something-or-other, I don\'t remember the name, and she\'s since passed away, and the shop doesn\'t exist anymore.

Baha\'i Architecture : Use of Obelisk

The Baha\'i Architecture

 

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts center in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture\'s highest honour, in 2003.

The Pritzker Prize citation stated:
\"There is no doubt that The Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.\"



The design of Lotus Temple
is copied from the design of Opera House, Sydney.

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