Architecture of the Contemporary Mosque: New Architectures - Hardcover

9781854903945: Architecture of the Contemporary Mosque: New Architectures

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1854903942 ISBN 13: 9781854903945

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1995

∗ Provides a valuable new insight into contemporaneous mosque theory and design
∗ Defines current mosques within the global context of comparative religions
∗ No other building type is so charged with symbolism
∗ This book will be of particular interest to Islamic/Muslim architects worldwide, students, historians and religion leaders

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About the Author:

ISMA�L SERAGELDIN is Vice President of Environmentally Sustainable Development at the World Bank, and an Egyptian architect and planner who holds a PhD from Harvard University. He served on the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Steering Committee from 1984 to 1992 and chaired the Master Jury in 1983 and 1995. His books include Space For Freedom, which examines the 1986 awards, and Architecture Beyond Architecture which presents the 1995 awards. JAMES STEELE is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California. He is an architect who has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia, and Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He has written many books which include Hassan Fathy, Museum Builders and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and has edited Architecture for Islamic Societies Today which presents the 1989 Aga Khan Awards and Architecture for a Changing World which examines the 1992 awards.

Synopsis:

The mosque has traditionally played a central role in most Muslim societies. It is not simply a building enclosing a sacred space separate from its secular surroundings, but also has the power to sanctify whatever the believer says and does there. The minaret, the dome, the gateway and calligraphy are all key elements of mosque architecture. In modern times, many changes have been introduced to the traditional concept of the mosque, therefore diminishing and distorting its main function. This text provides an appraisal of architectural developments worldwide in the design of the mosque. It explores traditional practice with the new functions and needs of form of service, within the worldwide context of building.

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