Understanding the underlying principles of Masjid architecture through study of built form in place, time, people and culture in demysitifying Islamic architecture

• Main Authors: Mohd Nawawi, Norwina, Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Soomro, Ali Raza, Mustafa, Adibah, Md Nordin, Nurhana, Ishak, Husna
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: NA Architecture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/10734/1/292.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/10734/

Masjid or mosque has been typecast as a building typology to represent the presence of Muslim in all parts of the world heedlessly. While the generic symbolism of Masjid as icon to Muslim lies in the definitive domes, arches and minarets, the definitions and abstract implications of Masjid in the...