Faith In The City: The Mosque in the Contemporary Urban West
10-11 November 2010

In partnership with Openvizor and Arts Council England's Arts Islam programme, The Architecture Foundation presented a two day symposium exploring the ways in which religious buildings - in particular the Mosque - shape, and are shaped by, the public life of contemporary western cities. The programme will opened with a keynote lecture given by Michel Abboud, Architectural Design consultant for New York's highly debated Park51 Community Centre.  Hassan Mahamdallie from the Arts Council interviews Michel after the event.

Faith In the City: Michel Abboud

Michel Abboud, architect and Principal SOMA launched the programme with a keynote lecture, in conversation with Ziauddin Sardar, writer and cultural critic. A discussion of the issues and sensitivities in design, context and realisation necessary for the highly contested Park51 Islamic centre, New York, and an exploration of architecture's role in the negotiation of this territory.  Hassan Mahamdallie from the Arts & Islam team interviews Ziauddin Sardar

Faith in the City: Ziauddin Sardar

Foreign Architects Switzerland, a platform for alternative ideas, projects, and people; responsible for the post-minaret-ban ideas competition for an Islamic Centre in Zurich

Faith In The City: The Mosque in the Contemporary Urban West

A two day symposium exploring the ways in which religious buildings - in particular the mosque - shape, and are shaped by, the public life of contemporary western cities. Opening with a keynote lecture from the Architectural Design consultants for New York's hotly debated Park51 Community Centre, an afternoon of ideas and discussion at the AF will follow, with an international range of participants.

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