This small mosque of 100m2 included a renovation of an existing masonry cross-vaulted space and the addition of a minaret, grafted onto the existing structure as a symbolic landmark, next to the 18th century old palace. A new civic plaza was created in what was before an adjoining parking space, turning the frontage of the mosque into a public square with seating, water fountain, ablution space and shading under a newly planted fig tree. 

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Architects: L.E.FT Architects

Location: Moukhtara, Lebanon

Architects In Charge: Makram el Kadi, Ziad Jamaleddine

Project Team: Gentley Smith (Project Architect), Rafah Farhat, Elias Kateb, Alex Palmer, Nayef al Sabhan, Tong Shu, Shun-Ping Liu

Area: 100.0 m2
Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Iwan Baan, Ieva Saudargaite

Landscape Architects: L.E.FT Architects

Conservation Architect/ Owner Representative: Arch. Zaher Ghosseini

Engineering: Antoine Bou Chedid

Lighting Design: Maurice Asso- Hilights

Main Contractor: ACON

Carpet Design: L.E.FT with Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Carpet Fabrication: Moooi

Call To Prayer: Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Nisrine Khodr

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From the architect. This small mosque of 100m2 included a renovation of an existing masonry cross-vaulted space and the addition of a minaret...