"Architecture." In Central Asian Art, 25-59. London: Greenwich Edition, 2003.

In addition to many architectural photos, this chapter in this nice coffee table book has easy to read text describing Islamic architecture in Central Asia.  As with most works on architecture in the region, Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva in Uzbekistan are most represented.

Sections: Triumph of Islam; The Art of Decoration; Predominance of Religious Art; The Golden Age of the Builders; Tradition and Modernity.  Descriptors: 2000s, A, architecture, Bukhara, chapter, coffee table, Khiva, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.