The award honours mosques in the GCC region for their sustainability and architectural features. Msheireb Mosque adopted new technologies and meticulously planned architectural features, helping it to surpass 122 other mosques nominated for the award.
The design of the building is based on traditional Qatari mosques, which for centuries used orientation, shading, natural ventilation and water to create comfortable environments for prayer and worship.
The building received the Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation for its effective energy conservation, along with the quality of its design. It incorporates a tailored daylight design to create dynamic sun patches inspired by Qatari motifs within the main hall during prayer hours, and needs no artificial lighting during daytime hours.
Msheireb Mosque emerged the winner for the award.
Embracing key principles of Islamic art, geometric patterns and designs, Msheireb Mosque fuses modernist ideas with a historically familiar arrangement of Islamic volumes, spaces and thresholds.
“The award underlines Msheireb Properties’ commitment towards sustainability and demonstrates our support of the main pillars of Qatar Vision 2030,” said engineer Abdulla Hassan al-Mehshadi, CEO at Msheireb Properties.
He noted that the award also demonstrates their success at combining new technology and traditional architectural language to create modern buildings that are sensitive to their surroundings and enhance the local landscape.
Engineer Ibrahim al-Jaidah, CEO at Arab Engineering Bureau, the executive architectural and engineering office of the project, echoed al-Mehshadi’s statement saying Msheireb Mosque and its courtyard have been built to create an urban oasis, a peaceful place to pray away from the hustle and bustle of the nearby streets.
“Wherever possible, we have utilised the country’s unique environmental conditions, such as year-long sunshine, to create an aesthetically pleasing place of worship and at the same time conserve energy and resources,” he said.
With its new design and architecture concept, Msheireb Mosque was inaugurated in Ramadan 2016. The mosque, in Phase 1 of MDD, is spread over 1,400 sqm.
Easily accessible from around the Msheireb neighbourhood and the adjoining souq area, the mosque has prayer halls for both men and women and accommodates 600 worshippers. It also has a dedicated parking area and lifts from the basement.
The design of the building is based on traditional Qatari mosques, which for centuries used orientation, shading, natural ventilation and water to create comfortable environments for prayer and worship.
The building received the Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation for its effective energy conservation, along with the quality of its design. It incorporates a tailored daylight design to create dynamic sun patches inspired by Qatari motifs within the main hall during prayer hours, and needs no artificial lighting during daytime hours.
Msheireb Mosque emerged the winner for the award.
Embracing key principles of Islamic art, geometric patterns and designs, Msheireb Mosque fuses modernist ideas with a historically familiar arrangement of Islamic volumes, spaces and thresholds.
“The award underlines Msheireb Properties’ commitment towards sustainability and demonstrates our support of the main pillars of Qatar Vision 2030,” said engineer Abdulla Hassan al-Mehshadi, CEO at Msheireb Properties.
He noted that the award also demonstrates their success at combining new technology and traditional architectural language to create modern buildings that are sensitive to their surroundings and enhance the local landscape.
Engineer Ibrahim al-Jaidah, CEO at Arab Engineering Bureau, the executive architectural and engineering office of the project, echoed al-Mehshadi’s statement saying Msheireb Mosque and its courtyard have been built to create an urban oasis, a peaceful place to pray away from the hustle and bustle of the nearby streets.
“Wherever possible, we have utilised the country’s unique environmental conditions, such as year-long sunshine, to create an aesthetically pleasing place of worship and at the same time conserve energy and resources,” he said.
With its new design and architecture concept, Msheireb Mosque was inaugurated in Ramadan 2016. The mosque, in Phase 1 of MDD, is spread over 1,400 sqm.
Easily accessible from around the Msheireb neighbourhood and the adjoining souq area, the mosque has prayer halls for both men and women and accommodates 600 worshippers. It also has a dedicated parking area and lifts from the basement.
