Interior view of dome of Mausoleum of Sitt Zubayda

Geometric composition on vaulting, Abbasid Palace in Citadel, Baghdad

K.A.C. Creswell is an artist. 18 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

He spent years crawling across the Middle East with a bulky camera, measuring every arch and dome with his lens. His photos feel like blueprints because he cared more about how things were built than how they looked at sunrise. You’ll find them in the Architecture department at the V&A, but his real secret is turning stone into poetry—like the honeycombed ceiling in Khan Murjan, Bagdad.

Works by K.A.C. Creswell

Interior view of dome of Mausoleum of Sitt Zubayda
Geometric composition on vaulting, Abbasid Palace in Citadel, Baghdad
Mausoleum of Shaykh Ma'ruf al-Kharki, Baghdad
Khan Orthma also known by Khan Murjan, Bagdad
Interior of Khan Othma also known by Khan Murjan, Bagdad
Inscription on Northeast entrance façade of the Madrasa al-Mustansiriyya, Baghdad
Mausoleum of Sitt Zubayda, Baghdad
The mosque of Fatimid wazir Amir al-Salih Tala'i‘ seen from Bab Zuwayla, Cairo
Entrance of Khan al-Jumruk, Aleppo
Mihrab in al-Umari Mosque in Bahsita, Aleppo
Mihrab of the mosque of Masih Pasha (Nur al-Din), Cairo
The Mosque of Jazzar Pasha, Acre
The wooden mihrab of the Madrasa Halawiyya, Aleppo
Minaret of the mosque of Qadi Yahya Zayn al-Din (Habbaniyya), Cairo
Entrance portal of the mosque of Qadi Yahya Zayn al-Din (Habbaniyya), Cairo
The entrance façade of the mosque of Qadi Yahya Zayn al-Din, Cairo
Pendentive of dome over mihrab in the mosque of Qadi Yahya Zayn al-Din (Habbaniyya), Cairo
Qibla iwan and courtyard in the mosque of Qadi Yahya Zayn al-Din (Habbaniyya), Cairo

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Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.