A personal review of design creations


#RamadanSeries - Aman Mosque
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#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.

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#RamadanSeries - Al Gharra Mosque
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#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

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#RamadanSeries - Al-Irsyad Mosque
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#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

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#RamadanSeries - Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque
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#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

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#RamadanSeries - The Mosque of Light
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#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

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#RamadanSeries - Shah Faisal Mosque
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#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.

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