Cambridge Central Mosque

The Sacred Re-imagined

Michael Glover (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2024
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84822-635-7 (ISBN)

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Shortlisted for the 2021 Stirling Prize, Cambridge Central Mosque is a truly innovative building, and one that is sustainable and socially and architecturally integrated into – and respectful of – its neighbourhood. As well as discussing its design and construction, this book focuses on the creation of a unique place of worship for a community. Setting out historic precedents and influences, it highlights how the mosque breaks new ground in terms of Islamic and English religious architectural traditions and how it reflects the ongoing debates on Islam and Britishness, as well as Islam and tradition.

The book first sets out how the site and the architects, Marks Barfield Architects, were selected, then goes on to discuss the development of the mosque’s concept, structure and key design aspects, including the significance of geometry to Islam and the defining feature of the building: its timber structure evoking the English Gothic fan vaulting used nearby at King’s College. There is also a useful technical section on the many sustainable features of the building and its carbon neutrality and the book concludes with a discussion of the day-to-day life of the mosque, including interviews with the imam and members of the local community who come from all over the world, highlighting the impact the mosque has had for the wider Cambridge community and beyond.

Michael Glover is a poet and the visual arts critic and senior feature writer for the Independent. He is also the poetry editor of the Tablet. As an arts journalist, he has been a regular contributor to The Times, the Financial Times, the New Statesman and The Economist and a London correspondent for ArtNews, New York. Recent publications include John Ruskin: An Idiosyncratic Dictionary (Lund Humphries 2019) and a monograph on contemporary painter Neo Rauch (Lund Humphries 2019), both published by Lund Humphries.

Dedication. Acknowledgements. Introduction. What is a Mosque? Julia Barfield and David Marks: Practising the Art of Idealism. Keith Critchlow and the Sacred Art of Geometry. The Trees! The Trees! Sustainability. Welcome to the Mosque: a Tour into the Heart of the Sacred. Bibliography. Glossary of some key Islamic Terms

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.10.2024
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations; 200 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	228 x 270 mm
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-84822-635-7 / 1848226357
ISBN-13	978-1-84822-635-7 / 9781848226357
Zustand	Neuware