Might as well get a jump on it!
I'm using the Persian texture pack atm, and it does not disappoint.
This the direction we want to take?
(That's a civic center draft)
and here's my defense of the usage architectural elements
from http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/architecture-i
now, I used Carthaginian roof tiles because, frankly, they don't really need them. They work well with the Persian set too.