RIBA Stirling Prize 2021: Cambridge Central Mosque

Cambridge Central Mosque
by Marks Barfield Architects
The urban intervention of inserting a mosque capable of welcoming 1,000 worshipers within a low rise, residential neighbourhood, without dominating it, is masterful. Its presence is clear
but modest, considering the size of the mosque relative to the two storey terrace houses around it. This is achieved by setting it back from the street, progressing through the Islamic garden, then gradually increasing in scale to the front portico, atrium with café to one side and study centre to the other, through to central ablution areas. The building then rises at the rear to the largest mass of the prayer hall, which shifts in geometry to face Mecca.
The defining internal characteristic of the mosque is the timber 'trees' which form the structural support for the roof and the roof lights. The geometry of the trees was developed through working with geometric artist Keith Critchlow, creating the underlying geometry of the mosque. It combines an Islamic 'the Breath of the Compassionate' pattern into a structural grid that supports the roof and is then brought to a point at the columns.
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[@thinker393]

This design deserved to win the RIBA Stirling Prize

[@khawajazadaf]

Beautiful design Maa Shaa Allah

[@TheSajHussain]

Beautiful design

[@tristanedwards1340]

How many hmo units achievable in that mate

[@mothiurNCL]

Love the use of nature in post-millennia architecture - back to nature/basics.

[@Totajee79]

Stunning. Mashallah.

[@thebrokearchitect]

I pickup references to Frank Lloyd Wrights S.C. Johnson Wax Headquarters which was called “a forest open to the sky”. Amazing design.

[@tvs9978]

That's the first thing I thought too when I saw it. It also echoes some of Gaudis buildings. Very Art Nouveau in its aesthetic

[@tajabdullah.malaysia]

MasyAllah Alhamdulillah Allahuakbar rezeki kita boleh bekerja kerana Allah swt aamiin

[@Younes.AlQahtani]

Mashaallah

[@khaledabibi6985]

Stunning

[@yahyaahmed8330]

Love the design and architecture of the mosque.

[@user-vg7sn5wj2g]

A magnificent mosquée and a beautiful garden 🍀

[@iamfrog5877]

Maa shaa Allah, massive thanks for the beautiful design ☺

[@saliabdesalam3065]

So beautiful.

[@mshuhuk]

Beautiful....

[@madinaman]

Very Excellent Design...!

[@nabiulalam9457]

Beautiful 😍

[@abdulrahmanabdulghani5513]

MasyaAllah

[@walklondon6004]

Nice design.

[@suhailabdulla8195]

❤

[@almak-ALL]

Beautiful❤️❤️❤️

[@mansooraqureshi2696]

Non Muslims should try visit this mosque as it is a place of refuge to feel calm n collected, to contemplate on life n nature....nature that connects us to our inner self also.

[@safi456]

Beautiful ❤️ Did it win?

[@taasmr4203]

But I heard that Turkish Architects designed that mosque and Turkish government provided money to build that mosque.

[@zeemya5951]

The Turkish Govt provided 2/3 of donations mashAllah - they advised in other roles but the design was by the same UK company that did the London Eye (millennium wheel)

[@taasmr4203]

@@zeemya5951 Thank you for the feedback.

[@rafiqueali4995]

Watch , Muhammad Qassim divine dreams . He was and is telling the truth