Which types of vaults and domes were used by Seljuq builders in Anatolia?

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Seljuq builders in Anatolia utilized a variety of structural forms, often adapting techniques from stone and brick construction to create original architectural designs.1

The types of vaults and domes employed by these builders included:

  • Vaults: Anatolian Seljuq architecture featured the use of barrel vaults, groin vaults, and muqarnas vaults.1
  • Domes: Builders utilized domes supported by squinches and pendentives.1
  • Turkish Triangle: A notable innovation was the development of the "Turkish triangle," a specific type of pendentive that transformed the curved space of a traditional pendentive into a fanlike arrangement of long, narrow triangles.1

These structural advancements in vault and dome construction were significant, as they helped initiate the extensive development of vaulting techniques later seen in Ottoman architecture.1