Cambridge Central Mosque

The Sacred Re-imagined

Michael Glover, Julia Barfield, Tim Winter

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Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
05 November 2024

Individual architects & architectural firms; Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Religious buildings

Shortlisted for the 2021 Stirling Prize, Cambridge Central Mosque is a truly innovative building, and one that is sustainable and socially and architecturally integrated into – and respectful of – its neighbourhood. As well as discussing its design and construction, this book focuses on the creation of a unique place of worship for a community. Setting out historic precedents and influences, it highlights how the mosque breaks new ground in terms of Islamic and English religious architectural traditions and how it reflects the ongoing debates on Islam and Britishness, as well as Islam and tradition.

The book first sets out how the site and the architects, Marks Barfield Architects, were selected, then goes on to discuss the development of the mosque’s concept, structure and key design aspects, including the significance of geometry to Islam and the defining feature of the building: its timber structure evoking the English fan vaulting used nearby at King’s College. There is also a useful technical section on the many sustainable features of the building and its low carbon design and the book concludes with a discussion of the day-to-day life of the mosque, including interviews with the imam and members of the local community who come from all over the world, highlighting the impact the mosque has had for the wider Cambridge community and beyond.

By: Michael Glover
Other: Julia Barfield, Tim Winter
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 228mm, Spine: 22mm
ISBN: 9781848226357
ISBN 10: 1848226357
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dedication. Acknowledgements. Introduction. What is a Mosque? Julia Barfield and David Marks: Practising the Art of Idealism. Keith Critchlow and the Sacred Art of Geometry. The Trees! The Trees! Sustainability. Welcome to the Mosque: a Tour into the Heart of the Sacred. Bibliography. Glossary of some key Islamic Terms

Michael Glover is a poet and the visual arts critic and senior feature writer for the Independent. He is also the poetry editor of the Tablet. As an arts journalist, he has been a regular contributor to The Times, the Financial Times, the New Statesman and The Economist and a London correspondent for ArtNews, New York. Recent publications include John Ruskin: An Idiosyncratic Dictionary (Lund Humphries 2019) and a monograph on contemporary painter Neo Rauch (Lund Humphries 2019), both published by Lund Humphries.