2 news and picture results for the tag: Islamic architecture.

Baitun Nur mosque, largest mosque in Calgary, Canada

April 7, 2011 Filed Under: Public Buildings, Religion
Baitun Nur mosque,  largest mosque in Calgary, Canada

The Baitun Nur mosque,  largest mosque designed by Naseer Ahmad is located in Calgary, Canada.  Canada is celebrating the addition of its largest mosque built in Calgary. Calgary in Canada is now the home of one of North America’s largest mosques, declared by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as an “architectural treasure”. Baitun Nur mosque features a huge steel dome and a 97 foot steel-capped... 

Haj House Complex in Lucknow, United States

November 20, 2010 Filed Under: Public Buildings, Religion
 Haj House Complex in Lucknow, United States

Haj House Complex that located in Lucknow, United States, was designed by AGi architects. The concept of the Haj House Complex in Lucknow attempts to connect the stems of some of the main features in Islamic traditional architecture. As well as AGi’s take on traditional Persian techniques of light and shade they have also included some of the familiar landscaping features surrounding the Taj...