A personal review of design creations
#RamadanSeries – Mosque of Reflection
To close the 2023 #RamadanSeries, this project enhanced an existing building in popular district of Dubai by re-imagining the role of the mosque in the city.
Season 4, Episode 4 – Mosque of Reflection, Dubai, U.A.E.
#RamadanSeries - Aman Mosque
In the warm and humid delta of Bengal, the idea of embodiment of spirituality by creating calm and serene environment is at the start of this project.
Season 4, Episode 3: Aman Mosque, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.
#RamadanSeries - Al Gharra Mosque
With an aim to return to the roots and basic building blocks of the Prophet’s Mosque, here is a humble construction topping an elevated rocky site.
Season 4, Episode 2 - Al Gharra Mosque, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia
#RamadanSeries – Masjid E Zubaida
Published each Friday during the Holy Month of Ramadan, the #RamadanSeries looks at contemporary mosques around the world.
Season 4 – Episode 1: Masjid E Zubaida in Raichur, India.
#RamadanSeries – Cambridge Central Mosque
For our last episode of the #RamadanSeries, let’s discover a ‘place of tranquillity’ with tree-like pillars built by Marks Barfield Architects…
Episode Four – Cambridge Central Mosque, UK.
#RamadanSeries - Al-Irsyad Mosque
A dome does not make a mosque and stacked stones can become calligraphy. With these two strong elements Urbane Indonesia created a religious building once listed among the Top 5 in 2010.
Episode Three – Al-Irsyad Mosque, Indonesia
#RamadanSeries - Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque
Mixing old and new ideas into a contemporary concept, this mosque, by Shatotto, is also a departure from tradition worship places in both physical and philosophical designs.
Episode 2 - Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jummah Mosque, Dhaka
#RamadanSeries - The Mosque of Light
In Al Quoz, one of Dubai’s busiest industrial areas, The Mosque of Light by Dabbagh Architects is a contemporary place of worship that is quietly masterful in its use of form, materiality, and controlled natural light to evoke a sense of calm, spiritual connection, and to transition the worshiper from the outer material world to an inner sense of being.
#RamadanSeries - Episode 1 - Mosque of the Late Abdulkhaliq Gargash, Dubai
#RamadanSeries – The Abrahamic Family House
The last post for the 2020 Ramadan Series, we look towards the future with an interfaith complex unveiled in September 2019…
Season 2 - Episode 4: The Abrahamic Family House
#RamadanSeries - Shah Faisal Mosque
The journey continues but this week, we look at one of five biggest mosques in the world. Imagined in 1966, this building is a splendid realisation by a Turkish architect.
Season 2 - Episode 3: Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan.