A personal review of design creations
#RamadanSeries - Bait Ur Rouf Mosque
We carry on our journey with contemporary mosques. This week, we focus on a location made out of terracotta bricks and a perfect interaction with day light.
Season 2 - Episode 2: Bait Ur Rouf, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
#RamadanSeries - Hikma
Last year, I launched the #RamadanSeries focusing on mosques and Islamic architecture during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Here is the Season Two.
Season 2 - Episode 1: Hikma, a religious and secular complex in Niger.
#RamadanSeries: Rebuilding The Great Mosque of Al Nuri in Mosul
For the last entry of my Ramadan Series, here is some positive news… After its destruction in 2017, a committee lead by the UAE Minister of Culture has pledged to rebuild the 800-year-old mosque.
#RamadanSeries: The Amir Shakib Arslan Mosque
The penultimate stop of our series about contemporary mosques brings us to the Lebanese town of Moukhtara. There, L.E.FT Architects have transformed a 100-square-meter structure into a symbolic, picturesque mosque.
#RamadanSeries: 99-domed Mosque of Punchbowl
After working on a primary school for a Greek Orthodox community, Architect Angelo Candalepas received the commission in 2009 from the Australian Islamic Mission for the mosque in Punchbowl.
#RamadanSeries: The Basuna Mosque
In the middle of the arid village of Basuna (Sohag, Egypt), Dar Arafa Architecture has recently completed a brand new mosque with light block made of sand, lime and air.