Buildings & Places

Images of the administrative buildings at the Bahá’í World Centre, which include the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, the International Teaching Centre, the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts, and the International Archives

Column detail of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

International Archives Building and surrounding gardens, 1963

Seat of the Universal House of Justice (left) and Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts (right) on the Arc

Seat of the Universal House of Justice and surrounding gardens

Entrance of the International Teaching Centre

Portico entrance of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

View from the portico entrance of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

Column detail of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Shrine of the Báb viewed in between the colonnade of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Aerial view of the Arc, 1960s

Colonnade of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Columns of the International Archives Building

Construction of the International Archives Building, c. 1956-1957

Construction of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, July 1979

Seat of the Universal House of Justice and surrounding gardens

Seat of the Universal House of Justice (centre) during the construction of the International Teaching Centre (left) on the Arc

Entrance of the International Teaching Centre

Roof of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

International Archives Building seen through the columns of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

Colonnade detail of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Buildings on the Arc

Buildings on the Arc and the Monument Gardens

Portico entrance of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

Door detail of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

International Archives Building and the Shrine of the Báb as seen through the colonnade of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Columns of the International Archives Building

Door detail of the International Archives Building

Seat of the Universal House of Justice

View of the Arc path and surrounding gardens, 1957

International Archives Building

International Archives Building and surrounding gardens, May 1972

Seat of the Universal House of Justice and surrounding gardens

Entrance of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Colonnade of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

International Archives Building (left) and the Shrine of the Báb (right)

Seat of the Universal House of Justice (right) and International Teaching Centre (left) on the Arc

Portico entrance of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

Colonnade of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Seat of the Universal House of Justice (right) and International Teaching Centre (left) on the Arc

Entrance of the International Archives Building

Colonnade of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

International Teaching Centre

Entrance of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

Door detail of the International Archives Building

International Archives Building

International Archives Building

Door detail of the International Archives Building

Seat of the Universal House of Justice

International Archives Building (left), Shrine of the Báb (right) and surrounding gardens, c. 1957-1958

Entrance of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Buildings on the Arc

Portico entrance of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

Front view of the portico entrance of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

Portico entrance of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts

International Archives Building viewed from the Arc on Mount Carmel

View from the Arc on Mount Carmel of the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts (left), the International Archives Building (centre), and the Shrine of the Báb (right)

View of the International Archives Building from a terrace above the Shrine of the Báb

The International Archives Building viewed from a spot near the Monument Gardens

The International Teaching Centre Building at night

The International Teaching Centre Building viewed from a terrace above the Shrine of the Báb

Aerial image of the International Teaching Centre Building

The International Teaching Centre Building (left) and the Seat of the Universal House of Justice (right)

The International Teaching Centre Building (left) and the Seat of the Universal House of Justice (right) at night

International Teaching Centre (left) and Seat of the Universal House of Justice (right) on the Arc

The Seat of the Universal House of Justice at night

The Seat of the Universal House of Justice viewed from the colonnade of the International Archives Building

The Seat of the Univeral House of Justice viewed from the front

A section of the Arc on Mount Carmel leading to the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

Colonnade of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice

The section of the Arc between the Seat of the Universal House of Justice and the International Teaching Centre Building

A tree adjacent to the International Teaching centre Building