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6 Mosques Around The World That Are Architectural Wonders

The way Muslims pray hasn’t changed in over 1400 years. However, these contemporarily designed mosques have more softened and curved lines as compared to the stark lines in the previous ones. The ‘more is less’ philosophy combined with bending the fundamental architectural rules to forge edifices that are not only striking to look at but are eloquent in space as well. The contemporary art blends with a heritage of over a thousand years ago. Here are our top 6 picks that are nothing less than the architectural wonders of the modern world.

6. The Vanishing Mosque by Rux Design, U.A.E.
Credits: Dezeen
Credits: Inhabitat
5. Halide Edip Adivar Mosque by Manco Architects, Istanbul, Turkey
Credits: Eray Carbajo
Credits: Eray Carbajo
4. Islamic Cultural Center and Museum of Tolerance by Bjarke Ingels Group, Tirana, Albania
Credits: Design Boom
Credits: Inhabitat
3. Copenhagen by Henning Larsen Architects, Denmark
Credits: Dezeen
Credits: Pinterest
2. Wall Dome by Paolo Venturella, Prishtina

 

Credits: ArchiLovers
Credits: DesignBoom
Credits: DesignBoom
1. Camlica Mosque by Tuncer Cakmakli Architects, Istanbul, Turkey
Credits: Architizer
Credits: Tuncer Cakmakli Architects
Credits: Tuncer Cakmakli Architect

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