Fortification

designed the walls of the Kazan Kremlin and the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Kazan in 1561 and 1562

among the architects of the Red Fort in Delhi (1639-1648)

Rajput architecture is an architectural style associated with the forts and palaces of the many Rajput rulers.

'fortress', Arabic pronunciation: [qasˤaba], Maghrebi Arabic: [qasˤba]), also spelled qasbah, qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly a North African citadel or fortified quarter of a city.

The Urartians are known for their fortresses, temples, and water management systems, which were integral to their administrative and military infrastructure.

Somali architecture is the engineering and designing of multiple different construction types such as stone cities, castles, citadels, fortresses, mosques, temples, aqueducts, lighthouses, towers and tombs during the ancient, medieval and early modern periods in Somalia and other regions inhabited by Somalis, as well as the fusion of Somalo-Islamic architecture with Western designs in contemporary times.

In architecture the style is typically seen in fortresses and churches.

Brick was the ordinary building material, and with it cities, forts, temples, and houses were constructed.