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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 appear in the order they do in the text, and are suitable for reading the text in Arabic. If you would like to read it in English, please access the English-language version, which arranges the pages to be read more easily in English.

Mūsābaqa jamī ʻā al-dawlah al-kabīr, Baghdād, al-’Iraq = State mosque competition, Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdād: Amanat al-ʻAsimā, 1983.

Public Domain

Iraq

English

Arabic

40 x 28 cm

religious

Type

book

Year

1983

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.

Mūsābaqa jamī ʻā al-dawlah al-kabīr, Baghdād, al-’Iraq = State mosque competition, Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdād: Amanat al-ʻAsimā, 1983.