The Architecture of The Holy Mosque Makkah.

Isma'il, Muhammad Kamal/ Salma Samar Damluji.

ISBN 10: 1874371326 / ISBN 13: 9781874371328

Published by Hazar Publishing Limited, London, 1998

About this Item

232 pp., colour frontispiece portrait, profusely illustrated in colour photographs, figures, plans, notes, glossary, index. HARD BACK Binding in dust wrappers. Copy in mint condition. New. Written by members of a committee headed by Dr Muhammad Kamal Isma'il, edited by Salma Samr Damluji. the book document and illustrates the new extension of the largest mosque in the World. It gives visual evidence of the successful integration of modern technology and materials with traditional themes and features, as well as showing the accumulative achievements of Islamic civilization from the work of old master-craftsmen and builders to the technical experts of today. #8647.

Seller Inventory # 000821

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Architecture of The Holy Mosque Makkah.
• Publisher: Hazar Publishing Limited, London
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1874371326
• ISBN 13: 9781874371328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Al Masjid al Haram at Makkah, the spiritual abode of Islam and the Muslim world, is a complex of holy sites and built spaces that is totally unique. In response to the ever-increasing numbers of worshippers a highly significant new project to extend, modernize and embellish the mosque and its surroundings was started in 1991. This book not only offers a rare glimpse in text and pictures of the Holy Mosque at Makkah but also documents the new extension for the very first time. Drawing on original reference sources, the history of the architecture and the formation of the built spaces since pre-Islamic times is detailed and the holy sites of the complex, including the Ka'bah and the Black Stone, are placed in context. The book then moves on to cover the planning and design of the New Extension, detailing the use of the latest technology and building techniques to create solutions within the parameters of Islamic design and the constraints of this special architectural complex. Dr Ismail surveyed all the principal mosques of Egypt to produce "The Mosques of Egypt" and Dr Damluji's previous books include "A Yemen Reality", "The Valley of Mud Brick Architecture: Shibam Tarim and Wadi Hadramut" and "Zillij: The Art of Moroccan Ceramics".