MODERN or TRADITIONAL 4

AS YOU MAY REMEMBER MY FIRST MESSAGE WAS ON 24TH NOVEMBER AND WAS STARTING AS BELOW :

"Modern or Traditional ? The easy answer is :
As you like it...
however we should know enough first before deciding or ranking which ones we prefer and like, lack of data or knowledge is similar to ignorance..
so I suggest everyone opens sub-titles in this subject and exchange information and ideas peacefully, friendly and let our members know more.
I wish to start with the beauties in Islamic Art. The first sub-title could be :
The Beautiful Mosques in the World.
I will try to present them one by one, you can please do the same for the ones existing in your geography, after knowing certain number of them we should be in a better position to rank.."

AFTER SEEING THE FIRST CLASSICAL-TRADITIONAL EXAMPLES IN MY PREVIOUS MESSAGES NOW WE CONTINUE WITH THE MODERN ONES TO SHOW HOW WE CAN MAKE NEW AND MODERN BEAUTIES BY KEEPING THE BASICS OF OUR TRADITIONS..

I HOPE TO READ YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS..

The Beautiful Mosques in the World
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The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad,Pakistan.

The architect is Mr Vedat Dalokay / Turkish
Architecture is MODERN ISLAMIC
Date: 1986

Interior: 5,000 m2
4 Modern style Minarets:80m height the tallest minarets in South Asia) and 10x10m in circumference.

Capacity to accommodate approx. 30,000 worshippers (10,000 in its main prayer hall, courtyard and porticoes and another 20,000 in its adjoining grounds).

Also known as Shah Faisal Masjid is a very large and very unique mosque in Islamabad Pakistan.

King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia both suggested in 1966 and largely funded the Faisal Mosque, which is named in his honor. Ever since its conception, the mosque has been regarded as the national mosque of Pakistan, and as such it symbolizes the hopes and aspirations of the new nation.

The architect was Mr.Vedat Dalokay from Turkey, whose design was chosen in 1969 after an international competition. Construction was completed in 1986. Cost: $120 million

The Faisal Mosque is located on an elevated area of land against a picturesque backdrop of the Margalla Hills, Islamabad. This enviable location represents the mosque's great importance and allows it to be seen from miles around day and night.

The mosque's architecture is strikingly modern and unique, lacking both the traditional domes and arches of most other mosques around the world.

The shape of the Faisal Mosque is an eight-sided concrete shell inspired by a desert Beduoin's tent and the cubic Kaaba in Mecca, flanked by four unusual minarets inspired by Turkish architecture.

The architect later explained his thinking to design school students: “I tried to capture the spirit, proportion and geometry of Kaaba in a purely abstract manner. Imagine the apex of each of the four minaret as a scaled explosion of four highest corners of Kaaba - thus an unseen Kaaba form is bounded by the minarets at the four corners in a proportion of height to base Shah Faisal Mosque to Kaaba.”
Now, if you join the apex of each minaret to the base of the minaret diagonally opposite to it correspondingly, a four-sided pyramid shall be bound by these lines at the base side within that invisible cube. That lower level pyramid is treated as a solid body while four minarets with their apex complete the imaginary cube of Kaaba.”

Entrance is from the east, where the prayer hall is fronted by a courtyard with porticoes. The International Islamic University was housed under the main courtyard, but recently relocated to a new campus. The mosque still houses a library, lecture hall, museum and cafe.

The interior of the main tent-shaped hall is covered in white marble and decorated with mosaics, calligraphy by the Pakistani artist Sadeqain, and a spectacular Turkish-style chandelier.

The mausoleum of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, whose 1988 funeral at the site was the largest in the history of Pakistan, is located adjacent to the mosque.