Institute for Human Sciences and Cultural Studies آفاق الحضارة الاسلامية 1562-6822 22 2 2020 03 01 The Islamic architect's role ,the image and the meaning in creating the architecture The Islamic architect's role ,the image and the meaning in creating the architecture 53 69 4969 10.30465/afg.2020.4969 AR Somayeh Omidvari Assistant Professor At the Faculty of Architecture, Science and Arts University(Yazd) Journal Article 2020 03 02 The loss and negligence of the Islamic architecture essence and reality is one of the problems that face the Islamic architecture today. The Islamic architecture was often studied by various-cultural orientalists. So they were often studying only its surface neglecting the fact that the ornaments and the surface are only manifestation and image of the Islamic architecture and they are changeable by time and place.This study is a try to refer to this fact. Dealing with the visual image of this architecture shouldn't hinder the study of the essence of this architecture which is the implicit truth inside you as a human being and inside the world as an aspect of creation. This research studies: the deep and solid connection between the image and the meaning in the Islamic architecture and the importance of the Islamic architect's role and thoughts. As well as it points clearly to the transition of concepts from the meaning world into the image world, and the symbol matter and its solving where symbols changed from the existing world into the image world which confirms the importance of the Islamic architecture and its clarity in the image.  The loss and negligence of the Islamic architecture essence and reality is one of the problems that face the Islamic architecture today. The Islamic architecture was often studied by various-cultural orientalists. So they were often studying only its surface neglecting the fact that the ornaments and the surface are only manifestation and image of the Islamic architecture and they are changeable by time and place.This study is a try to refer to this fact. Dealing with the visual image of this architecture shouldn't hinder the study of the essence of this architecture which is the implicit truth inside you as a human being and inside the world as an aspect of creation. This research studies: the deep and solid connection between the image and the meaning in the Islamic architecture and the importance of the Islamic architect's role and thoughts. As well as it points clearly to the transition of concepts from the meaning world into the image world, and the symbol matter and its solving where symbols changed from the existing world into the image world which confirms the importance of the Islamic architecture and its clarity in the image.  http://afagh.ihcs.ac.ir/article_4969_f4a570b68478f7e9e075bd9e661a5ff0.pdf