Amendments and additions – most recent first

On the first page of this site I wrote that there are likely to be continual changes as these notes are added to and the pages develop over time. Looking at other sites I’ve found I have a problem discovering what has changed since my last visit so, in an attempt to track what I’ve changed myself, I’ll make a determined attempt to keep this up to date by using this page to record each change.

However, although each reference will take you to the actual comment, when there is more than one change on a single page you will be taken only to that page and will then have to look down for the amendment or addition.

The latest additions and amendments to any of the pages will be marked by a pale background – as in this paragraph. I hope this will be sufficient to mark changes and be relatively easily seen.

Date	Reference	Description
2023.05.30	Arabic / Islamic geometry 03	Illustrations of a flower having sixteen petals and a dandelion seed head with accompanying notes have been added.
2023.05.25	References	A reference to a paper on the façades of the al-Bahr towers in Abu Dhabi has been added.
2023.05.21	Environmental control	A note on the design of the new British Embassy in the New District of Doha has been posted.
2023.05.15	Gulf architecture 05 References	An old example of naqsh from Wakra has been added, with commentary, together with a reference.
2023.05.13	Population	The animated illustration of the differences between the populations of 2010 and 2020 has been revised to include 1989 and 1999.
2023.05.12	Population	An animated illustration of the differences between the populations of 2010 and 2020 has been added.
2023.05.10	Population	The population statistics for the month of April 2023 have been added, showing a dip below a total of three million.
2023.05.06	Arabic / Islamic urban design 05	An illustrated list of the Qatar stadia has been added.
2023.05.05	Gulf architecture 03	A brief note on a detail of the structure of the old Political Agency has been added.
2023.05.03	Old Qatar 02	Two photographs from old Wakra have been added with commentary.
2023.05.02	Gulf architecture 07	A note has been posted relating to a manara at Wakra.
2023.05.01	Gulf architecture 07	An illustrated note has been posted of the top of an old manara at al-Khor.
2023.04.30	Gulf architecture 07	An illustrated note recording the manara of an old masjid at al-Khor has been posted.
2023.04.29	Old Qatar 02	An illustrated note showing something of the foreshore at al-Khor in the 1970s has been added.
2023.04.28	Old Qatar 02	An illustrated note showing something of the foreshore at Wakra in the 1950s has been added.
2023.04.25	Gulf architecture 02	A note on the development of the British Embassy and Residence in the 1960s has been posted.
2023.04.23	Old Qatar 01	A note on the old British Political Agency building in Doha has been developed with images.
2023.04.22	Environmental control Islamic urban design 03	A note on the control of solar gain on buildings has been amended and supplemented on two pages.
2023.04.17	Islamic urban design 03	A correction has been to accreditations.
2023.04.12	Design studies	A study for an ’eid card has been added.
2023.04.05	Links to other sites Arabic / Islamic geometry 02 References	A number of links to external sites of Professor B. Lynn Bodner have been removed as those sites no longer exist, though her papers remain in References.
2023.04.03	Population	The population statistics for the month of March 2023 have been added showing three million to have been exceeded for the second time.
2023.04.02	Islamic urban design 05 Islamic urban design 03	A photograph of a tram in Musheirib has been added with a brief note, as well as an image of a medallion commemorating the opening of the Hotel and Conference Centre in 1982.
2023.04.01	Arabic / Islamic geometry 03	The illustration of a roundel within the Cosmati pavement of Westminster Abbey has been added to the notes on the pavement, and the notes revised.
2023.03.31	Islamic urban design 02	A photograph of part of a building’s façade has been posted, with commentary.
2023.03.30	Islamic urban design 02	A photograph of part of the Katara Cultural Village development has been posted, with commentary.
2023.03.29	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	An illustration of girih tiles has been added and the accompanying note expanded.
2023.03.28	Planning in Qatar 01	An aerial image and a view across West Bay of the New District of Doha have been added.
2023.03.27	Islamic urban design 03	A photograph has been added to the note on the State Grand Mosque.
2023.03.26	Islamic urban design 01	A brief note has been written on the public masjid at Hamad International Airport.
2023.03.25	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A note on quasi-crystalline tiling has been slightly revised.
2023.03.23	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A note on the discovery of a single polykite aperiodic monotile has been added.
2023.03.21	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	An illustrated definition of the Golden Section has been posted.
2023.03.16	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A mistake has been corrected on one of the pages looking at Arabic geometry.
2023.03.13	Gulf architecture 01 References	A brief illustrated note has been added to show how development is moving north of Doha, and a reference added on the oral traditions of the al-Na’im in Qatar.
2023.03.09	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	An illustrated note has been added showing the setting out of a drawing made over fifty years ago.
2023.03.06	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A note has been added relating to the use of seventy-two point geometry in setting out the design of stadium roof.
2023.03.04	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A note has been added relating to the use of forty-eight point geometry in setting out the design of stadium roof.
2023.03.01	Population	The population statistics for the month of February 2023 have been added.
2023.02.27	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A note has been posted looking at a false five-pointed geometric pattern.
2023.02.19	Boat types	An image showing the prows and sterns of traditional craft in Oman has been added.
2023.02.18	The Babaud and Masson families The Age of Enlightenment	Amendments have been made to paragraphs relating to William Windham and William Wickham.
2023.02.17	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	A note on the meaning of the number forty has been amended.
2023.02.16	The Babaud and Masson families	Two references to the Marquis de Maillebois have been revised.
2023.02.15	The Babaud and Masson families Jean Dominique Cassini	An image of Mme de Cassini has been added together with commentary relating to French inheritance laws. Two children have been added to those of Jean-Dominique Cassini – Cassini IV – together with their dates where known.
2023.02.12	The Babaud and Masson families	A note has been expanded relating to Louis-Henri, Prince de Condé in 1830, and coding relating to copyright statements brought up to date.
2023.02.01	Population	The population statistics for the month of January 2023 have been added.
2023.01.16	The Babaud and Masson families	A note relating to the visits of Mme de Cassini to London has been revised.
2023.01.12	Arabic / Islamic geometry 02	The construction of a six-fold pattern has been added.
2023.01.04	The Babaud and Masson families	A note has been added on Mme de Cassini and her time in London in 1797.
2023.01.02	Population	The population statistics for the month of December 2022 have been added, and corrections made to the percentages shown for the year 2022.