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Prayer Hall – IBC Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland by Filter Architecture

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Article source: Filter Architecture

Interior is located inside former industrial building. The project was commissioned by Muslim community of Bosnian immigrants, permanently residing in Zurich/Switzerland. Design is steered by a notion that conventional form of sacral spaces has an important symbolic function related to collective memory.

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Architects: Filter Architecture
Project: Prayer Hall – IBC Zurich
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Client:  IBC Zurich  
Type:  interior architecture
year:  2012
status:  built
Net Area: 240 m2
Costs: Estimated 360000 CHF

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Tags: Switzerland, Zurich
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Central Mosque of Pristina Competition Entry in Kosovo by Maden Group

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

Article source: Maden Group

The study starts from the first religious needs and the study of the earliest mosques architecture in Kosovo and in other countries to convey tradition through contemporary architecture. Our objective was to combine in the best mode architecture and religious rules.

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Architects: Maden Group
Project: Central Mosque of Pristina Competition Entry
Location: Pristina, Kosovo
Software used: Modeled in Archicad, rendered in Maxwell, and post-produced the renders in Photoshop and Lightroom. Diagrams and other graphics were made in CorelDraw and Illustrator.

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Tags: Kosovo, Pristina
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Mi’Raj Pristina Central Mosque in Kosovo by Aptum Architecture

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Article source: Aptum Architecture

MI’RAJ is one of two parts of the night ascension journey that the Islamic prophet Muhammad took in one night. It has been described as both a physical and spiritual journey. The proposal, MI’RAJ, is about a journey of ascension to prayer and the spatial experience that evolves. As the ascension to prayer begins, a sequence of events unfolds.

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Architects: Aptum Architecture
Project: Mi’Raj Pristina Central Mosque
Location: Prishtina, Kosovo
Credits: APTUM ,Roger Hubeli and Julie Larsen (principals)
Collaborators : Sinead C Mac Namara (structural engineer), Wes Chiang, Danny Duong, Andres Jaime, Andrew Paul, Bryan Scheib
Year: 2013

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Room For Prayer in Quincy, Massachusetts by Studio Ö

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Article source: Studio Ö

Mosque and Cultural Center – Room For Prayer

Volumes

By placing the new addition of the Islamic Cultural centre next to the existing building we where able to set the parameters and proportions of the new part freely. The new building is raised above the ground by round, slender pillars. The volume is connected to the existing building by a passage, linking the new building to the communication of the existing one. The proposed volume is closed to the outside and opening up on the inside. The concrete facade has an intricate pattern working with shifting planes, creating shadow effects and an elegant and playful expression.

Exterior render

Architect: Studio Ö
Name of Project: Room For Prayer
Location: Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Type: Extension for Islamic Center of New England
Stage: First prize in open architecture competition hosted arcbazar
Size: Aprox 430 m²

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Tags: Massachusetts, Quincy
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Mosque Architecture by Iki Architecture

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Article source: Iki Architecture

IN MEMORY OF THE GREATEST ARCHITECT SINAN “ON MOSQUE ARCHITECTURE IDEAS COMPETITION”

Transparency and simplicity which are the basic principles of Islam, are the most basic fundamentals that shape our proposals.

The habit for arranging the worshipping area with Qibla direction was continued to be organized in a square form. The surrounding for this square form should be a transparent “Glass Lantern”. So that an idea emerged to create a “glass prism” where the carrying blocks and surfaces are formed by the same material in which the worshipping area will have an visual quality of the highest degree between the exterior day light and the worshipping area. In order to capture strong mystical ambiance, all the verses of the Quran were stamped on the transparent walls and ceiling surfaces.