So I’m gonna try and keep this up, I think theres alot more we all would like to say.

I attended a presentation a couple days ago entitled “plurality in North American Islamic Architecture” by Dr.Omar Khalidi, a professor at MIT. The talk was awesome and there are some interesting aspects I found with presentation. Although we did not cover too much about architecture or design it is very much tied into science(and there have been a couple posts about art).

His talk really focussed on different approaches architects have taken for buildings in North America. He supported architecture that was well-situated within it’s environment and spoke about how certain Mosques have been implanted within North America. He meant that certain Mosques and there designs from other parts of the world were literally copied inot North American environments without any revision as to how they would work in the environment. He spoke of the Mosque in an inspiring way and how he felt that they should be in harmony with their environment, rather than forcing a statement on observers. He said certain traits can identify a Muslim building, most of which when used subtly and in harmony with local tradition, create a building that embodies Islamic ideas and at the same is an important and well-fitting part of its location.

He showed us a few great examples, I cant remember to many though, A great site for Muslim buildings, noth old and new, from around the world is www.archnet.org

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