DHAKA: As one of the only female architects in a country where women rarely even enter mosques, Marina Tabassum was an unconventional choice to design Bangladesh´s new Baitur Rouf Mosque, which has ...

A mosque or masjid, which means place of prostration in Arabic, is meant to be a clean and tranquil place for Muslims to meet and offer their five daily prayers. It can be anything from a simple room ...

Iran is home to a treasure trove of ancient buildings - and if you visit, be sure to look upwards, because many of them have incredibly intricate ceilings. Concealed inside architectural wonders are ...

Five wooden beams that were installed during the restoration work carried out at the mosque in 2005 collapsed, leading to a collapse in the ceiling of one of the arcades The restored wooden beams ...

As one of the only female architects in a country where women rarely even enter mosques, Marina Tabassum was an unconventional choice to design Bangladesh's new Baitur Rouf Mosque, which has just won ...

Marina Tabassum was an unconventional choice to design Bangladesh’s new Baitur Rouf Mosque But there is little of the conventional about the 45-year-old Tabassum or her design, which eschews ...

DHAKA: As one of the only female architects in a country where women rarely even enter mosques, Marina Tabassum was an unconventional choice to design Bangladesh's new Baitur Rouf Mosque, which has ...