Question

Though this building is a secular one, its architecture is an outgrowth of richly designed and decorated mosques, which are meant to bring the worshiper into closer touch with the next world

Answer 1

Religions give a lot of value to their temples. The most of the development of architecture found space on design´s temples. In different nations or societies, it´s part of the history of their development as a civilization, the projection of the best image for their temples or space for cultivating people´s faith.