About
Al Fozan Award
about
Al Fozan awards
Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture was established in 2011
Generally, the award insures the importance of the twenty first century mosque architecture that perceived and re-produced the soul of the traditional mosque ideas, and conceived by the contemporary mosque concepts as a fundamental message.
The award is triennial
The winning mosques will be awarded based on assessment of an international architectural jurors experienced with mosque architecture, who will relatively evaluate and assign the winning mosques.
The candidate mosques will be categorized into three categories; Central Mosques, Jumaa’ Mosques, and local mosques. Yet, there are prizes given to innovations and ideas which helps in developing the concept of mosques in the twenty first century.
The Award was named rewarding its founder and his efforts and history in supporting charities.
Nevertheless, it is been managed by an executive committee and a general secretary, where the executive committee nominate jurors of each cycle, and accordingly follow up the assessment process and till assigning the awarded mosques.
Furthermore, a bilingual book of Arabic and English language about each award cycle will be published and distributed worldwide, with full critic and descriptive architectural analysis about the short listed and awarded mosques. This book is usually launched at the special awards trinneial ceremony, in which orgnaized at different cities worldwide.
Message from the founder
Shaikh Abdullatif
Al Fozan
Over the years, we have witnessed the construction of numerous mosques that accumulated records of mosques numbers worldwide, and consequently, it contributes to the multiple problems of mosque architecture given the expansion of cities and the complexity of life.
The main question that we raised upon initiating this Award were about the possible added value to Mosques architecture, and how we can make mosque architecture rebirth and matching contemporary challenges, let alone adequately tackle them; this building type is pivotal and ‘symbolic’, for it gives our cities their identity.
However, we did not consider ‘form’ only, but took into consideration other vital parameters beyond “form” such as urban issues that influence mosque architecture.
Urban relations of the mosque with the architectural context is faced with different urban and city planning intersctions, and so this leads us to think about the socio-cultural impact of the mosque and its role in shaping social practices within a local network that binds individuals in the community visually, functionally and emotionally.”
Explore Abullatif Al fozan Team Members
HRH Prince Sultan BinSalman Al Saud
Sheikh AbdullatifA. Alfozan
HE Shaikha Mai binMohammed Al-Khalifa
HE. Sheikh Dr. AbdulrahmanA. Alsudais
HE Dr. Yousef binAhmad Al-Othaimeen
HE Dr. Taleb bin Dia’uddinAl-Rifai
Dr. Halit Eren
Ar Esa Mohamed
Dr.Ismail Serageldin
Mr. Khalid A. Alfozan
Mr. Abdullah A. Alfozan
Dr. Saleh Alhazlool
Dr. Imbrahim Alnaimi
Prof. Mashary A. Alnaim
Architect Abdullah F. Albraikan
Message from the Secretary General
Dr.Mashary
It is never an easy work to initiate and to maintain a successful establishment, in which attempts to tackle the multi-layers issues of mosque architecture. Because, the Mosque is a building that closely connected to human daily life, which relates to social, functional, technical, as well as humane dimensions, So the Mosque architecture is rather complicated, despite the seemingly simple or straightforward forms. This special, serious and impartial Award is aiming to put mosque architecture within the broader global domain. This makes it an important initiative that will bring to light, without a doubt, leading future models, and will initiate an incentive for those interested in architecture.
So, I consider Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture is a significant and positive turn point that I personally expecting its rewards soon. The development of mosque architecture and exercising the urban, technical or contextual aspects must evolve along, and will stimulate architects to develop appropriate architectural solutions for place, worshipers and its city inhabitants, all of which are prime aims of the Award. Lastly, Al Fozan Award is looking forward to deliver messages that will inspire faithful persons in our country that represent Muslim’s pivot and their spiritual destination.
Dr. Hani Alhanaidy
Arch. Abdulrahman Lardhi
Arch. Hussain A. Al Kaf
Arch. Sarah I. Al Amir
Asma AlSmier
Message from the chairman of board of trustee
HRH Prince Sultan Bin Salman Al Saud
It is never an easy work to initiate and to maintain a successful establishment, in which attempts to tackle the multi-layers issues of mosque architecture. Because, the Mosque is a building that closely connected to human daily life, which relates to social, functional, technical, as well as humane dimensions, So the Mosque architecture is rather complicated, despite the seemingly simple or straightforward forms. This special, serious and impartial Award is aiming to put mosque architecture within the broader global domain. This makes it an important initiative that will bring to light, without a doubt, leading future models, and will initiate an incentive for those interested in architecture.
So, I consider Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture is a significant and positive turn point that I personally expecting its rewards soon. The development of mosque architecture and exercising the urban, technical or contextual aspects must evolve along, and will stimulate architects to develop appropriate architectural solutions for place, worshipers and its city inhabitants, all of which are prime aims of the Award. Lastly, Al Fozan Award is looking forward to deliver messages that will inspire faithful persons in our country that represent Muslim’s pivot and their spiritual destination.
