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Interested in Omani El Omrane since the foot and invented in the commends the buildings and palaces which have become in the present archaeological evidence tells the story of Arab-Islamic architecture.

And spread in the cities Omani castles and forts, which stands for originality and striking at the root of culture history, and built towers on mountains and highlands overlooking the city guarded by the plots of the greedy.

And is often associated with the emergence and expansion of the city of Oman is the presence of water valleys, and as a means of defense is a fort or castle,The city of Oman to maintain the architectural splendor of compact houses regularly built on the slopes of the mountains and valleys on the banks, and is characterized by balconies, windows and doors are decorated and adorned.
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Experienced physical movement in the Sultanate during the reign may God protect him leap and broad, so that changed the face of life in the valleys and mountains and the valley and the coast, and in spite of the use of the latest hardware and follow the methods of modern construction, it has retained the Omani architecture nature inherent to mixed heritage of the old Omani architecture of modern . This has resulted in immiscible modernity own modern Omani architecture in a coordinated and harmonious distinguish cities and urban communities, Oman, and adds them more of beauty, and takes into account the trend in the physical assets of the Arab-Islamic architecture and to adapt to circumstances and the nature of the environment.Omani architecture has proved its authenticity and superiority by winning several times the Arab Cities Organization Award for the best architectural project in the Arab world.
In 1986, won the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman won the first session of the Organization of Arab cities as the best architectural project Arabic in that it has the characteristics of personal architectural Arab and Islamic with the availability of components and features of local architecture of wood decorated and appropriate building to environmental conditions and design approval on the idea of open courtyard who works on the introduction of natural light and the renewal of air in sufficient quantities, which is similar to historic palaces built in different Islamic eras.Neighborhood ministriesIn 1992 won the building market, Nizwa won the best project architect Arabic as a monumental architecture that was implemented on the nature of the Arab-Islamic traditional, where he was design consistent and harmonious with the historic buildings surrounding the market and the most important of Nizwa Fort, the historical due date of construction to 1668.
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Also won the Building of Muscat Municipality Award Arab Towns Organization in 1995, where he won City Hall Muscat prize as the best architectural project Arabic, combining the municipal building between the lack of Muscat, the old lines and modern architecture, and fits with the environment and the climate of Oman, and made the decorations and stained glass add a new art architecture of Oman to the domes of the building and its contracts and Bhoh procedure.
Muscat MunicipalityThe win over the Sultanate prizes Arab Towns Organization as a result of its adherence to the architectural heritage of all the inherent features of the Arab-Islamic tradition.

 

The Architecture of Oman can be categorized into various kinds which depend on the location, the building and the material used for construction. The main groups consist of mosques, mansions, houses and forts. The specific combination of materials used in the Architecture in Oman depends mainly upon the type of building and the location,where it is to be constructed. The important building materials utilized in Oman consist of stones, baked bricks, mud bricks, palm trees, mangrove poles and lime which is mainly used for plaster and mortar.

The most common form of Architecture at Oman on the coast until recently, was the palm-frond house. These houses take various forms from single-room which are temporarily used for date harvest to large enclosure including summer and winter rooms. The summer houses have pitched roofs called Khaymah meaning tent and the winter houses have flat roofs. The main support of the houses are provided by the palm trunks which are placed externally. In Oman there are many houses made of other materials which are provided with palm-frond verandas or roofs.