The task of designing a place of worship, regardless of the faith, is a phenomenal challenge for any architect. For us as a team, this endeavour triggered a deep and lengthy journey into the history of humanity, the evolution of religion, the rise of Islam
Project name
New Preston Mosque
Architecture firm
AIDIA STUDIO
Location
Preston, Lancashire, UK
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
Principal architect
Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Natalia Wrzask
Design team
Emilio Vásquez Hoppenstedt, Rodrigo Wulf Sánchez
Visualization
AIDIA STUDIO
Client
Charitable Trust in Preston, RIBA Competitions
Typology
Religious Architecture › Mosque
Mausoleum of the Martyrdom of Polish Villages in Michniów by Nizio Design International officially opened on July 12th.
Project name
Mausoleum of the Martyrdom of Polish Villages in Michniów
Architecture firm
Nizio Design International
Location
Michniów, Poland
Photography
Marcin Czechowicz https://mcmproduction.pl/
Principal architect
Mirosław Nizio
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass, Wood
Typology
Mausoleum, Monuments, Memorial Spaces
The Islamic Centre of Babylon is a project where the history and future getting along with each other. It’s a place to meet, discuss, express your ideas. I always saw that the Islamic centers is more than just a typical building that you read about the Islamic views. I
Project name
Babylon Islamic Centre
Architecture firm
Visuality Studio
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Yasser Agha
Collaborators
Zinah Alallaf
Client
Babylon Investment Department
Status
In progress, under discussion
Typology
Religious Architecture
We designed an all-timber structure with the realization of creating a beautiful but raw and simple but complex interior space defined by a rational structure of 48 columns (trusses). The trusses meet at the top in compression rings (35), all of which are connected to 34 circles (horizontal members), each one representing one year of Burning Man’s...
Project name
Holon Temple
Architecture firm
FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise
Location
Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Fernando Romero
Design team
Fernando Romero, Romain Thijsen, Liliana Viveros, Hugo Vela, Daniela Gallo, Nicholas Dolan, Jean-François Goyette, Germán Sandoval, Pablo Morales, Alejandro Hernández, Federico Serna, Libia Castilla, Adriana Merchant, Pierre Tairouz, Oscar Caballero, Ariadna Chavarria, Aldo Domínguez, José Manuel Soto, Aníbal Cárdenas, Edson Rodríguez, Armando Montiel, Jessica Valdés, Pamela Hernández, Eduardo Hernández.
Visualization
Juan Carlos Ramos
Typology
Religious Architecture › Temple
The property is located in the municipality of García, Nuevo León between the two big cities Monterrey and Saltillo. It is located 1 km from the highway to Matehuala and a stream that flows into the Santa Catarina River.
Student
Pablo Vázquez, Oscar Melloni, Marian Mac Gregor
University
Universidad de Monterrey
Teacher
Alejandro Rodríguez
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, Blender, AutoCAD, Grasshopper 3D, Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro
Project name
Halo Funeral Center
Location
Nuevo León, Mexico
Status
Concept - Design, Competition
Typology
Religious Architecture › Funeral Center
Sterling Presser Architects + Engineers has designed The Iconic Mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Project name
The Iconic Mosque
Architecture firm
Sterling Presser Architects + Engineers
Location
Creek Harbour, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Nicolas Sterling and Elke Sterling-Presser
Design team
Nicolas Sterling and Elke Sterling-Presser
Visualization
Render Art / visuals atelier, renderart.eu
Status
Competition Proposal
Typology
Religious Architecture, Mosque, International Competition
Altunizade Theology Faculty Mosque is designed by by Hassa Architecture as architectural tradition's interpretation of today's vernacular. Being inspired by the rotational movement that takes part in the whole universe from macrocasmos to microcosmos, the mosque is in the pursuit of a new horizon in the mosque architecture by uniting "the part in t...
Project name
Marmara University Theology Faculty Mosque
Architecture firm
Hassa Architecture
Location
Altunizade Mahallesi, Aksoy Sk. No:3, 34662 Üsküdar, İstanbul, Turkey
Photography
İsmail Hakkı Gurbetçi
Principal architect
Muharrem Hilmi Şenalp
Collaborators
Mustafa İskender, Ahmet Çandöken, Büşra Horuz Öztürk, Ömer Okumuş
Typology
Religious Architecture › Mosque
