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ADAPTATION OF MOSQUE DESIGN FOR AMERICAN MUSLIMS

KHAN, AMIR Nawaz
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1092919511

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2004, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
Although the mosque has experienced fourteen centuries of stylistic development, it is still an architectural rarity in the United States. The thematic and visual characteristics of mosque architecture in America must confront an alien environment, one that has its own deeply embedded historical and visual vocabulary. The response, then, of the architectural characteristics of the American mosque to its context is one of tension, resulting both from religious and cultural paradigms. Thus, American Muslims have had to import, adapt or innovate. This thesis proposes two hypotheses: (1) mosque design in the United States must respond to its own inner formal determinants (cultural and functional); (2) architecture is site-bound, and mosque design must also respond to the local climate, building materials and contemporary building technology, and it must be sensitive to the social and built environments. With this in mind, the thesis explores the influences from typology (conventional architectural elements) and American culture (new social factors for immigrant Muslims), to discover an appropriate design for a mosque in the United States, specifically in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Gordon Simmons (Advisor)
62 p.

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  • KHAN, A. N. (2004). ADAPTATION OF MOSQUE DESIGN FOR AMERICAN MUSLIMS [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1092919511

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • KHAN, AMIR. ADAPTATION OF MOSQUE DESIGN FOR AMERICAN MUSLIMS. 2004. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1092919511.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • KHAN, AMIR. "ADAPTATION OF MOSQUE DESIGN FOR AMERICAN MUSLIMS." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1092919511

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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