Greensville Trust, The Making of an English Gothic Mosque "This short documentary takes a look behind the scenes during the early stages of the development of the Rawḍah mosque at Muṣṭafā Mount in Bradford." A very interesting clip. (tip: Yahya Birt)
Research, links and academic information on Islam and Muslims in Britain. Part of virtuallyislamic.com
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Friday, 23 March 2012
Peterborough’s Ghousia Mosque
peterboroughtoday.co.uk, Peterborough’s Ghousia Mosque in English Heritage book, 20 Mar 2012
"The Ghousia Mosque, in Gladstone Street, is going from holy books to the history books after it was selected for a publication being compiled by English Heritage, the Government’s adviser about the UK’s historic environment.
"The book, which has as its working title The British Mosque: An Architectural and Social History, will examine the social, cultural, and architectural significance of mosques across the country."
"The book, which has as its working title The British Mosque: An Architectural and Social History, will examine the social, cultural, and architectural significance of mosques across the country."
Also see more on this interesting English Heritage project: ‘The British Mosque: a social and architectural history‘ by Shahed Saleem
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architecture,
heritage,
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Peterborough,
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Friday, 16 September 2011
Modernist Islamic Architecture
arabnews.com, Modernist Islamic Architecture: Toward preserving a migrant past, 14 Sep 2011
"Understanding the evolution of the mosque, people’s relation to it and communal reaction have all played a big role in the new aesthetic MakeSpace is developing. “I think it is important that architecture talks about the present, about where it is and what it is, about the society that it is in,” he says. “Muslim British society is complex and layered. With each generation you get vast cultural changes; it is the new generations that dominate the Muslim landscape.”"
"Understanding the evolution of the mosque, people’s relation to it and communal reaction have all played a big role in the new aesthetic MakeSpace is developing. “I think it is important that architecture talks about the present, about where it is and what it is, about the society that it is in,” he says. “Muslim British society is complex and layered. With each generation you get vast cultural changes; it is the new generations that dominate the Muslim landscape.”"
Labels:
architecture,
mosques
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Bradford's "most beautiful minaret"
Ahl ul-Bayt News Agency, Bradford mosque wins 'most beautiful minaret in Europe' prize, 21 Apr 2010, "Bradford's Madni mosque, in northern England, has beaten 50 others to win the title of "Europe's most beautiful minaret," the European parliament was told Tuesday."
Also see icea.org, Model Mosque of Britain
I obtained the photo from there.
Also see icea.org, Model Mosque of Britain
I obtained the photo from there.
Labels:
architecture,
Bradford,
mosques
Thursday, 2 April 2009
Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
huffingtonpost.com, Victoria Lautman, Mosques, Moolah, and the Importance of Tradition, 1 Apr 09 profile of Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, architect of (among other buildings) the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
More on ArchNet: Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
More on ArchNet: Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
Labels:
architecture,
mosques,
Oxford
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