Baghdad State Mosque (Design) - A hardcover, folio-sized 88-page volume published by the government of Baghdad. The book documents the<span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 16px;">&nbsp;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.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 16px;">The mosque was ultimately never built.</span><div><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 16px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 16px;">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.<br></span><div><div><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 16px;"><br></span></div></div></div><div><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 16px;">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&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.archnet.org/publications/10397/" target="_blank" data-bypass="true">original text</a><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 16px;">.</span></div>
State Mosque Competition, Baghdad, Iraq [English version]
Type
book
Year
1983
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.
Citation
Mūsābaqa jamī ʻā al-dawlah al-kabīr, Baghdād, al-’Iraq = State mosque competitionBaghdadIraq. Baghdād: Amanat al-ʻAsimā, 1983.
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Country
Iraq
Language
Arabic
English
Dimensions
40 x 28 cm
Building Usages
religious
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