A hardcover, folio-sized 88-page volume published by the government of Baghdad. The book documents the
1982-1983 competition to design a State Mosque in Baghdad (project no. 651/328) and the proposals from the seven firms selected to submit designs to the competition. The mosque was ultimately never built.
The book contains an introduction and Brief to the competition; Design Philosophies and models, plans, and drawings from each of the seven firms; and curriculum vitaes for the firms or architects.
The text is in both English and Arabic. The pages in this pdf file on Archnet have been arranged to be read more easily in English, and do not appear in the original order as in the text. If you would like to view the original text, or read it in Arabic, please access the record for the original text. Mūsābaqa jamī ʻā al-dawlah al-kabīr, Baghdād, al-’Iraq = State mosque competition, Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdād: Amanat al-ʻAsimā, 1983.