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The British Mosque - An architectural and social history (Hardcover)
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The British Mosque - An architectural and social history (Hardcover)
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This book presents the first overview of Muslim architecture in
Britain, from the earliest examples in the late 19th century, to
mosques being built today. Key architectural stages are identified
and explained alongside the social history of Muslim settlement and
growth. The analysis focuses on the way in which the mosque as a
new cultural and architectural form has benefitted into the
existing urban fabric of Britain’s towns and cities, and how this
new building type has then impacted its urban landscape, socially,
culturally and architecturally. The British Mosque is an
architectural as well as a social history, and describes the
evolution of Britain’s Muslim communities through the buildings
they have built. By presenting this architectural narrative for the
first time, the book opens up a new field of British Islamic
Architecture. The architectural story charts a course from the
earliest mosques formed through the conversion of houses, to other
large scale conversions through to purpose built mosques and with
these the emergence of an Islamic architectural expression in
Britain. As the mosque is not solely considered in terms of its
architectural style, but also from its social history and cultural
meaning, this book provides an observation into the character of
British Muslim life and practice and how these have been embodied
through its buildings. The future of Islamic architecture in
Britain is also considered, and how this will be affected by the
growing cultural and social diversification of Britain’s Muslim
communities.
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