Building Analysis - Shafiq Amash Mosque Name of Building : Shafiq Amash Mosque, Lebanon Architect : Nabbil Tabbara Location : Beirut, Lebanon Year of construction : 1984 Materials : Local Sandstone, Brick classing, Glass mosaic, Terracotta tiles. Building Type : Mosque. Distinguished Feature : The use of Sandstone materials, Travertine slab walls Traditional Roof tiles Design is based on variations of Square and Cubes. Basic Outline Geometry
Al Jame'e Al Kabeer | Qirawan
Name of Building : Al Jame'e Al Kabeer | Qirawan
Architect : Rebulit several times but goes back to ʿUqbah ibn Nāfiʿ, a Companion of
the Prophet and the conqueror of North Africa
Location : Qirawan, Tunisia
Year of construction : 670
Materials : Stone, Marble.
Building Type : Mosque.
Distinguished Features:
- One of the oldest mosques in existence and the first of all mosques in the Maghreb.
- Masterly use of space
- Flat roof supported by arcades
- Vast Courtyard
- Three stepped imposing minaret.
Dimensions : 135meters x 80meters
The Art of the Mosque :
- Magnificent tiles and marble covered the lower part, particularly the qibla wall and the mihrab.
- Four massive arches support a carefully delineated square; an octagonal arcade on small columns, with four shell-like squinches and four blind arches of similar profile, effects the transition to the base of the dome;
- above, a drum with eight windows and sixteen blind niches precedes a cornice and the ribbed stone dome itself .
- All the empty areas, such as the spandrels of the four lower arches and the transitional arcade, are covered with designs of architectural origin.
- The outside of the dome is similarly divided into three, but an outer square corresponds to an inner octagon, and an octagon to the twenty-four-sided area.
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| Aerial View of the Mosque 1 |
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| Dimensions of the Mosque |
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| The Courtyard and the Mihrab Axis |
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| The Location of the Minaret |
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| wall of the qiblah comes together with the central nave in the shape of a letter T |
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| The Location of the Dome on the floor plan * Plan according to Ewert |
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| Aerial View of the Mosque 2 |
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| Floor Plan of the Mosque |
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| Qirawan Mosque Minaret |
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| Dome Interior of the Mosque |
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| The Mihrab of the Qirawan Mosque |
Kufi (Style of arabic font) Inscription on the Columns.
لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله "La Ilaha IllAllah Muhammadur Rasulullah
References :
Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250
Book by Oleg Grabar and Richard Ettinghausen
Language: English
Art of Islam. Language and Meaning (Architecture Decorations Weapons etc)
Language and Meaning commemorative Edition
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