Architecture CodeX #84 The Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca by Michel Pinseau

AND THE CITY OF CASABLANCA: Architecture Codex looks at a significant religious building of recent vintage which is the symbol of a new modern city of Casablanca in the works. This video? You'll want to play it again.
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0:24 skip intro, Major Religious Commissions
1:10 The Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca
1:29 A Larger Vision for Casablanca
3:30 Casablanca, the movie
4:30 McDonalds and American Culture
5:23 My Father's Legacy
6:00 History of Casablanca
7:53 The Mosque Design
11:04 The Buildings represent a more Complex Reform

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The elephant in the room is the (lack of) historical and architectural importance of the building. One would assume that such endeavor, would be something for generations to come to remember and look back at with awe. However, this is far from being the case. The same can also be said for the pompous, shopping-mall style, Baudrillard Vegasque architecture in Mecca. Now, I don’t know if it is only the stale architectural taste of 20th-21st century Muslim autocrat rulers, with overly deep pockets, that generates such tasteless religious buildings, or whether it is the general low-spirit of the Muslim world in our days - but it is somewhat of a shame. This architecture is mediocre, albeit impressive in its craftsmanship, at best.

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Even if it is mediocre, it would still rival much of the heralded architecture of western modernism that gets lauded in the press. How is this any different than NYC, using the money from newly rich robber barons to build the Metropolitan Museum imitating an ancient European style of architecture for their then mediocre collection? Having been there, I think it was worthy of note. Now, I am eager to get to Dubai for a first-hand account of what is going on there.

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@@architecturecodex9818 Has the progressive left in NYC designated the Met Museum a religious building? Ought'a wonder.