Hagia Sophia’s designers
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus are associated with Justinian’s Hagia Sophia. Their work belongs to a Byzantine engineering and architectural setting.
Sinan and Ottoman patronage
Sinan’s mosques connect design, imperial patronage and the cityscape. Süleymaniye in Istanbul and Selimiye in Edirne offer different settings for understanding that work.
Look at structure as well as decoration
Compare domes, light, circulation and the relation to surrounding buildings. A focused architectural day can be requested without treating all monuments as identical museum visits.