Baitun Nur Mosque

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A big colossal mosque with a gigantic dome at its top – this Mosque is a popular religious place in Calgary. With a vast stunning architecture this is perhaps the largest mosque in whole Canada. Mosque has beautifully decorated and extremely serene interiors. Baitun Nur Mosque is affiliated to Ahmadi faith. The mosque was completed in the year 2008.

The Imam Ali Mosque (Danish: Imam Ali Moske, Arabic: مسجد الإمام علي‎ Masjid ʾImām ʿAlī), is the largest^[2] and only Shia Muslim mosque in the country located in Nordvest, Copenhagen, Denmark.

The construction of the mosque started in 2009. It was completed and opened to the public in 2015. The 2,100 square metre mosque is designed in neo-Iranian architectural style, with two 32-metre minarets and a central, turquoise dome with a space for 1,500 people.

Sydney – A few days ago, we presented a case of Islamic architecture gone contemporary, by way of a cultural centre in a city right outside of Lisbon. The Muslim diaspora seems to be using architecture to send a new message of self-representation, as there is now a second case under our radar: the Punchbowl mosque.

The recently completed institution is located in Punchbowl – a dense, diverse suburb of Sydney named after the curvaceous sides of a nearby valley – and designed by local firm Candalepas Associates, best known for robust yet refined urban housing. Its raw concrete exterior has attracted the inevitable ‘brutalist’ tag, but its matte finishes are surprisingly soft and enticing, while its strong angles and occasional curves present a series of striking profiles.

The half-dome forms were cast in situ to exacting standards – a significant feat of engineering in itself – and pay homage to the ornamental muqarnas vaulting of traditional Islamic architecture, in which highly decorated niche-like forms, often arranged in tiers with hanging elements, cover the undersides of arches, gateways and dome chambers. Here at Punchbowl they have an austere grandeur, but also afford visual pleasure, as light from the oculus and clerestory windows of the timber-clad dome moves across their surfaces, articulating their precise, layered geometries and reaching deep into their patinated recesses.

During the project’s 20-year genesis, architect Angelo Candalepas was inspired by his trips to Ahmedabad and Agra to ‘embrace the playful nature of concrete,’ and has succeeded here in creating a humane, intimate space, yet one that also provides hints of the sublime through its simple materiality and its rich geometric forms.

موقع نيويورك تايمز على شبكة الإنترنت: تعرض الكثير من أسواق حلب القديمة والمعزولة في حلب للدمار بسبب هجمات داعش وأعمال الشغب السورية. ومع ذلك ، لا تزال أجزاء صغيرة منه سليمة وبدأ الإصلاح.
يتكون السوق ، والمعروف أيضًا باسم "Suk" ، من زقاق مغطى تصطف عليه رصف حبيبات رفيع ، ويتشكل سقفه على شكل قوس وقبة مستمدة جزئيًا من العمارة الإسلامية.
على الرغم من تدمير جزء كبير من هذا السوق ، إلا أن الشركات الصغيرة في المناطق الصحية بالسوق قد مهدت الطريق لتصبح سوقًا مزدهرة وتعيد العملاء. تحاول مقصورات السوق الصغيرة حاليًا إعادة الأعمال إلى جميع قطاعات السوق.
شهدت مدينة حلب التاريخية أسوأ اشتباكات في السنوات الثماني الماضية. في عام 9 ، قامت قوات الحكومة السورية بتحرير السوق ، الذي تم تسجيله باعتباره منظمة اليونسكو ، ولكن كان محاصرًا بالنزاع السوري المدمر. بعد تحرير السوق ، تم تدمير جزء كبير منه من قبل الإرهابيين والمتمردين.
بدأ المخططون السوريون عملية إعادة بناء هذا السوق القديم. يأملون في استعادة التفاعل التجاري والاقتصادي لمدينة حلب من خلال استعادة خلايا هذا السوق.