Istanbul domes at the same scale
Istanbul's domes across a millennium and a half, on one metric scale drawn like a section: left to right in order of completion, the vertical scale gives the real height from floor to the crown of the dome, and the figure above each dome is its diameter. The era sits under each dome; Sinan's own works (apprentice · çıraklık, journeyman · kalfalık) are picked out in colour.
| Mosques of Istanbul | diameter | height | Eras |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagia Sophia 537 | 31.24 m | 55.6 m | Byzantine benchmark |
| Yavuz Selim Mosque 1529 | 24.50 m | 32.5 m | Early Ottoman |
| Şehzade Mosque 1548 | 18.42 m | 37 m | Apprentice · çıraklık |
| Süleymaniye Mosque 1557 | 26.50 m | 53 m | Journeyman · kalfalık |
| Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, Edirnekapı 1566 | 20 m | 37 m | Journeyman · kalfalık |
| Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) 1617 | 23.50 m | 43 m | After Sinan |
| New Mosque (Yeni Cami) 1665 | 17.50 m | 36 m | After Sinan |
| Nuruosmaniye Mosque 1755 | 25.40 m | 43.5 m | Ottoman Baroque |
| Grand Çamlıca Mosque 2019 | 34 m | 72 m | Modern |
Byzantine benchmark. Canonical 31.24 m after Mainstone (1988) — the figure Ottoman architects themselves measured against. Modern surveys of the rebuilt dome show it is slightly elliptical (up to 31.87 m on the major axis).
Modern era. Çamlıca (2019) is Istanbul's largest dome — a 34 m span against Hagia Sophia's 31.24 m, the first dome in the city to out-span the Byzantine benchmark in almost 1,500 years. The mosque's figures are symbolic: 34 is Istanbul's provincial code, and its 72 m height stands for the 72 peoples of the city.