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Grand Mosque of Kuwait: Exterior · North Side of the Grand Mosque, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1/6 · Exterior · North Side of the Grand Mosque, Kuwait City, KuwaitPhoto: Zairon · CC BY 4.0 · source
Grand Mosque of Kuwait: Exterior · Grosse Moschee Kuwait, Aussenansicht
2/6 · Exterior · Grosse Moschee Kuwait, AussenansichtPhoto: Mhp1255 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Grand Mosque of Kuwait: Interior · Room of the Emir of the Grand Mosque, Kuwait City, Kuwait
3/6 · Interior · Room of the Emir of the Grand Mosque, Kuwait City, KuwaitPhoto: Zairon · CC BY 4.0 · source
Grand Mosque of Kuwait: Interior · The inside of Grand mosque in Kuwait
4/6 · Interior · The inside of Grand mosque in KuwaitPhoto: Los viajeros 77 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Grand Mosque of Kuwait: Interior · External Guest room at Grand Mosque in Kuwait
5/6 · Interior · External Guest room at Grand Mosque in KuwaitPhoto: Malaiya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Grand Mosque of Kuwait: Detail · Columns of the Grand Courtyard of the Grand Mosque, Kuwait City, Kuwait
6/6 · Detail · Columns of the Grand Courtyard of the Grand Mosque, Kuwait City, KuwaitPhoto: Zairon · CC BY 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · North Side of the Grand Mosque, Kuwait City, KuwaitPhoto 2: Exterior · Grosse Moschee Kuwait, AussenansichtPhoto 3: Interior · Room of the Emir of the Grand Mosque, Kuwait City, KuwaitPhoto 4: Interior · The inside of Grand mosque in KuwaitPhoto 5: Interior · External Guest room at Grand Mosque in KuwaitPhoto 6: Detail · Columns of the Grand Courtyard of the Grand Mosque, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Religious · Regionalism

Grand Mosque of Kuwait

Mohamed Makiya · Kuwait City, KW · 1986

Key featuresA 26 m dome and 74 m minaret over courtyards, Makiya's modern reading of Islamic precedent.

Architect
Mohamed Makiya
Place
Kuwait City, KW
Year
1986
Typology
Religious
Movement
Regionalism
Region
Middle East
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