British Mosques

This book, a collaboration between the Victoria and Albert Museum and the University of Westminster, captures the British mosque at a pivotal moment in its history. There are 1,800 mosques in the UK today - mostly converted from terraced houses, libraries, cinemas and supermarkets. Now, these improvised spaces are beginning to disappear, as Muslim communities replace them with purpose-built structures. This timely exploration of the British mosque reveals how ad-hoc adaptations have evolved into a uniquely British-Islamic architecture, tracing its development through waves of twentieth-century migration, and further back to the Orientalist visions of Victorian collectors. Born out of two projects at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the V&A, British Mosques brings together perspectives from curators, architects and artists. Using approaches ranging from archival study to site-specific installations and 3D scanning, together they tell the story of a hybrid architecture that has quietly found its place in Britain's urban landscape. British Mosques is co-published by Foolscap Editions and the V&A.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Turner
• Assisted by: Ella Kilgallon (Editor), Christopher Turner (Editor)
• Publisher: Foolscap Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2021
• EAN: 9781999799069
• ISBN: 978-1-9997990-6-9
• No. of pages: 132
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 173 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 350 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture