Pritzker Prize-winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has revealed new images of his first mosque in Melbourne, showing a roof covered in rows of dramatic lantern-like skylights (+ slideshow).
Murcutt has worked on the design for the Australian Islamic Centre for over 10 years, collaborating with architect Hakan Elevli of Melbourne practice Elevli Plus.
When the building completes in late 2016, it will provide a mosque and community centre for the Islamic population of the Melbourne suburb Newport.
Murcutt's sketches show the rows of projecting skylights on the roof of the mosque
Murcutt's aim is to create a contemporary mosque that can provide a community space for both Muslims and non-Muslims, moving away from the traditional forms of Islamic architecture. The centre of the building is crowned by rows of projecting skylights that will funnel light into the building through one glazed side.

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These gold-coloured triangular prisms are lined with multi-coloured glass to resemble lanterns and will act as a beacon for the mosque in lieu of the minaret or dome structure more traditionally used in Islamic architecture.
Photographs of the centre and its unusual roof ? which is now nearing completion ? were made public for an exhibition titled Glenn Murcutt: Architecture of Faith.
The rooftop prisms are lined with multi-coloured glass, and were designed to resemble lan...