KAPSARC
The prayer hall is set within a reflecting pool and reached from elevated glass bridges leading to its entrances. This procession represents the transition of leaving the profane world to enter the sacred realm. The reflecting pool glows at night, giving the illusion that the entire building is floating over water. To either side of […]
King Faisal Foundation
The mosque is based on geometric shapes. Mosque responses on the base of a square section parallel to the Qiblah direction, during confirmation. The ramifications of the wall are everywhere. The cylindrical wall was designed in a very slanted shape resembling a crescent that rises above the moorings of mosques when viewed from the ground […]
Masjid Imam Muhammad ibn AbdulWahhab
The masjid is highly distinguished by its unique building structure and uses of arcades (a succession of arches, each counter-thrusting the next, supported by columns or piers) and 99 domes used in roofing the aisle of qibla, arcades, mihrab and sabeel. Arcades (Columns and Arches) An arcade is a succession of arches, each counter-thrusting the […]
