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Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan

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Faisal Mosque

1986 · Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan

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1986 · Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan

Zaha Hadid ArchitectsZaha Hadid Architects

Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1986Unrecorded
PlaceIslamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, PakistanAntwerp, Flanders, Belgium
Place contextIslamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, PakistanRepresentative site: City of Westminster, City of Westminster, United Kingdom
Climate27°C · 13.2h daylight · 3 km/h wind13°C · 14.3h daylight · 20 km/h wind · via Serpentine Galleries
FocusMosque27 works in corpus
Architects
  • Vedat Dalokay
  • Zaha Hadid
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Vedat Dalokay

Notable works

  • Serpentine Galleries
  • Vitra Fire Station
  • Contemporary Arts Center
  • BMW Central Building
Typologies
  • mosque
  • religious architecture
  • national monument
  • landscape
  • fire station
  • deconstructivism
  • industrial building
  • museum
  • building
  • performance venue
  • education
Materials
  • concrete
  • marble
  • concrete
  • fabric
  • glass
  • steel
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Stone

Concrete, Steel, and Fabric look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Fabric
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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible12 of 12 recorded works are publicly accessible
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