Design Criteria for Mosques and Islamic Centers: Art, Architecture, and Worship

ISBN-13: 9781138409033 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Akel Kahera

Opis

Provides a practical set of guidelines for mosque design, illustrated with 300 line drawings. This work features case studies of urban mosques in New York, Washington, Boston, and London and Birmingham amongst others, that demonstrate how mosques and Islamic centers have evolved to integrate into the urban scenario.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The synthesis of form; Chapter 2 Orientation: addressing the urban context and the direction to Makkah; Chapter 3 The design of the sanctuary (musalla); Chapter 4 The concept of space and geometry; Chapter 5 The architecture of women's space;

O autorze

Akel Kahera, Latif Abdulmalik, Craig Anz