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Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan
Faisal Mosque

1986 · Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan

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Faisal Mosque

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Faisal MosqueFaisal Mosque

1986 · Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan

Charles Correa AssociatesCharles Correa Associates

1958 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19861958
PlaceIslamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, PakistanMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place contextIslamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, PakistanRepresentative site: Pathanamthitta district, Pathanamthitta district, India
Climate22°C · 13.2h daylight · 7 km/h wind27°C · 12.4h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
FocusMosque12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Vedat Dalokay
  • Charles Correa
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Vedat Dalokay

Notable works

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
  • Sabarmati Ashram
  • Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura
Typologies
  • mosque
  • religious architecture
  • national monument
  • church
  • sacred space
  • building
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • stadium
  • sports building
  • arts center
Materials
  • concrete
  • marble
  • brick
  • concrete
  • sandstone
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

Concrete and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Stone

Concrete, Brick, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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