Dome of the Rock Third Restoration

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Part of site	Qubbat al-Sakhrah
ArchNet Site ID	AS01406
Location	Jerusalem
Architect/Planner	Isam Awwad
Client	Ministry of Awqaf
Date	691, restored 1994
Style/Period	Umayyad
Centuries	7th, 20th
Decade	1990s
Building Type	religious
Building Usage	mosque
Project ID	1547
Keywords	restoration and conservation

Notes

The project involves the complete restoration of the ambulatory roof and the replacement of the Dome of the Rock shrine. This included a new 1,200m2 structure of curved brass sheets electroplated initially with copper and nickel and finally with eighty kilograms of pure gold. The specification for the ambulatory roofs required the removal of the existing aluminium trusses and sheeting and approximately 500 tonnes of concrete previously placed on the sheets in an unsuccesful attempt to prevent water seepage. (Source: AKTC)

Downloadable documents associated with this site

Author	Title	Year
Yavuz, Yildirim.	The Restoration Project of the Masjid al-Aqsa by Mimar Kemalettin (1922-26)	1996
Riedlmayer, András, and Beatrice St	Restorations of Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock and Their Political Significance	1993