Mosque of Nasreen
Cambridge Central Mosque
Sustainable Design The defining feature of Cambridge Mosque is its timber structure. The columns, or ‘trees’, reach up to support the roof in an interlaced octagonal lattice vault structure evocative of English gothic fan vaulting, famously used at the nearby King’s College Chapel. The timber is sustainably sourced spruce which has been curved and laminated. […]
Isfahan Cemetery Prayer Room
Urban and Architectural A variety of factors can affect in the shape of the building’s design ideas: From free project land geometry to perspective, view, surrounding landscapes, climatic factors and efficient use of energy, all of these factors have been considered as physical characteristics of the land. On the other hand, building a symbolic structure […]
Light of Allah Mosque
In The Quran, there was a sentence describing Allah“He created the skies with the light, without pillars you see it”. The architect also tried to integrate this thought-provoking Islamic philosophy into this unique mosque, hoping the sacred light to be the soul of the mosque. Light of Allah Mosque lies in Xingping City of Shanxing […]
HIKMA – A Religious and Secular Complex
In the 9th century AD, Muslim scholars made remarkable contributions to the sciences and humanities in Bagdad’s Bayt al-Hikma, or House of Wisdom, a library and research center housing the world’s largest collection of books for scholars to engage both theological and scientific matters. Today’s religious climate could use such freedom to pursue knowledge alongside […]
