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Glenn Murcutt’s new mosque doesn’t have a dome or minaret, new type of mosque coming

Australia Architecture News - Aug 11, 2016 - 15:30   18826 views

Glenn Murcutt’s new mosque doesn’t have a dome or minaret, new type of mosque coming

Glenn Murcutt has urged Australian developers to stop the urban sprawl, saying he “would die” if he had to live in an outer suburban housing estate.

The internationally acclaimed Australian architect is famous for sensitive, sustainable designs that work with the landscape; designs like the the open-cave structure and simple sloping roof of the Simpson-Lee house, or the butterflied roof of the Magney house.

His latest, and possibly most ambitious, project is the construction of a totally new type of mosque for the Australian Islamic Centre in Newport, Melbourne.....Continue Reading

Glenn Murcutt’s new mosque doesn’t have a dome or minaret, new type of mosque coming

Image © Tabias Titz/National Gallery of Victoria

Glenn Murcutt’s new mosque doesn’t have a dome or minaret, new type of mosque coming

Image courtesy of National Gallery of Victoria

Top image: Architect Glenn Murcutt next to the giant rooftop lanterns that will illuminate the prayer hall below in the Newport mosque. Image © Jesse Marlow

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