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Baghdad State Mosque (Design) - A 99-page Competition Design Report submitted in January 1983 by Makiya Associates for a competition to design a State Mosque in Baghdad (project no. 651/328). Makiya Associates was one of twenty-two firms invited to submit pre-qualification documents to the Directorate of Design at the Municipality of the Capital, and one of seven firms selected to participate in the competition, which was announced by <a href="http://Rifat Chadirji" target="_blank" data-bypass="true">Rifat Chadirji</a>, chairman of the State Grand Mosque Committee, in July 1982. The mosque was ultimately never built.<div><br></div><div>The report includes a preface and introduction, twelve chapters, a bibliography, and drawings, and is in English and Arabic. </div><div><br></div><div>Chapters include: Baghdad - An Historical Perspective; Baghdad - The Urban and Environmental Perspectives; The Philosophy of a Design Approach; Space Concept: Design Analysis; Elements of A State Mosque - A Conceptual Analysis Mosque; The Future; Structural Concept; Services Concept; Outline Specification; Analysis of Areas; Cost Analysis; Programme for Execution.</div><div><br></div>

Type

book

Year

1983

A 99-page Competition Design Report submitted in January 1983 by Makiya Associates for a competition to design a State Mosque in Baghdad (project no. 651/328). Makiya Associates was one of twenty-two firms invited to submit pre-qualification documents to the Directorate of Design at the Municipality of the Capital, and one of seven firms selected to participate in the competition, which was announced by Rifat Chadirji, chairman of the State Grand Mosque Committee, in July 1982. The mosque was ultimately never built.

The report includes a preface and introduction, twelve chapters, a bibliography, and drawings, and is in English and Arabic.

Chapters include: Baghdad - An Historical Perspective; Baghdad - The Urban and Environmental Perspectives; The Philosophy of a Design Approach; Space Concept: Design Analysis; Elements of A State Mosque - A Conceptual Analysis Mosque; The Future; Structural Concept; Services Concept; Outline Specification; Analysis of Areas; Cost Analysis; Programme for Execution.

Makiya Associates. State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report. Baghdad: Makiya Associates, 1983.

Front Cover to Chapter 3: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Chapters 4 - 5: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Chapters 6 - 7: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Chapters 8 - 11: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Chapter 12 - Back Cover: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Baghdad State Mosque (Design)

Makiya Associates

Baghdad State Mosque (Makiya Archive)

Arabic / عربي

Arabic / عربي

Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT

Public Domain

Iraq

English

Arabic

40 x 29 cm

religious

architectural drawings

architectural design

State mosque competition, Baghdad, Iraq

State Mosque Competition, Baghdad, Iraq [English version]

Baghdad State Mosque (Design) - A 99-page Competition Design Report submitted in January 1983 by Makiya Associates for a competition to design a State Mosque in Baghdad (project no. 651/328). Makiya Associates was one of twenty-two firms invited to submit pre-qualification documents to the Directorate of Design at the Municipality of the Capital, and one of seven firms selected to participate in the competition, which was announced by <a href="http://Rifat Chadirji" target="_blank" data-bypass="true">Rifat Chadirji</a>, chairman of the State Grand Mosque Committee, in July 1982. The mosque was ultimately never built.<div><br></div><div>The report includes a preface and introduction, twelve chapters, a bibliography, and drawings, and is in English and Arabic. </div><div><br></div><div>Chapters include: Baghdad - An Historical Perspective; Baghdad - The Urban and Environmental Perspectives; The Philosophy of a Design Approach; Space Concept: Design Analysis; Elements of A State Mosque - A Conceptual Analysis Mosque; The Future; Structural Concept; Services Concept; Outline Specification; Analysis of Areas; Cost Analysis; Programme for Execution.</div><div><br></div>

Type

book

Year

1983

A 99-page Competition Design Report submitted in January 1983 by Makiya Associates for a competition to design a State Mosque in Baghdad (project no. 651/328). Makiya Associates was one of twenty-two firms invited to submit pre-qualification documents to the Directorate of Design at the Municipality of the Capital, and one of seven firms selected to participate in the competition, which was announced by Rifat Chadirji, chairman of the State Grand Mosque Committee, in July 1982. The mosque was ultimately never built.

The report includes a preface and introduction, twelve chapters, a bibliography, and drawings, and is in English and Arabic.

Chapters include: Baghdad - An Historical Perspective; Baghdad - The Urban and Environmental Perspectives; The Philosophy of a Design Approach; Space Concept: Design Analysis; Elements of A State Mosque - A Conceptual Analysis Mosque; The Future; Structural Concept; Services Concept; Outline Specification; Analysis of Areas; Cost Analysis; Programme for Execution.

Makiya Associates. State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report. Baghdad: Makiya Associates, 1983.

Front Cover to Chapter 3: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Chapters 4 - 5: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Chapters 6 - 7: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Chapters 8 - 11: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Chapter 12 - Back Cover: State Mosque Baghdad: Competition Design Report

Baghdad State Mosque (Design)

Makiya Associates

Baghdad State Mosque (Makiya Archive)

Arabic / عربي

Arabic / عربي

Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT

Public Domain

Iraq

English

Arabic

40 x 29 cm

religious

architectural drawings

architectural design

State mosque competition, Baghdad, Iraq

State Mosque Competition, Baghdad, Iraq [English version]