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Masjid Negara: Exterior · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Stadium Negara
1/7 · Exterior · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Stadium NegaraPhoto: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Masjid Negara: Exterior · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: National Mosque / Masjid Negara Malaysia
2/7 · Exterior · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: National Mosque / Masjid Negara MalaysiaPhoto: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Masjid Negara: Exterior · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Entrance and balcony at National Mosque / Masjid Negara Malaysia
3/7 · Exterior · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Entrance and balcony at National Mosque / Masjid Negara MalaysiaPhoto: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Masjid Negara: Exterior · The entrance to the National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara)
4/7 · Exterior · The entrance to the National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara)Photo: Own work · CC0 · source
Masjid Negara: Interior · National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara Malaysia)
5/7 · Interior · National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara Malaysia)Photo: Marcin Konsek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Masjid Negara: Interior · National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara Malaysia)
6/7 · Interior · National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara Malaysia)Photo: Marcin Konsek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Masjid Negara: Interior · Interior ceiling section of Masjid Negara Malaysia
7/7 · Interior · Interior ceiling section of Masjid Negara MalaysiaPhoto: Sam Hidayat · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Stadium NegaraPhoto 2: Exterior · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: National Mosque / Masjid Negara MalaysiaPhoto 3: Exterior · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Entrance and balcony at National Mosque / Masjid Negara MalaysiaPhoto 4: Exterior · The entrance to the National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara)Photo 5: Interior · National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara Malaysia)Photo 6: Interior · National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara Malaysia)Photo 7: Interior · Interior ceiling section of Masjid Negara Malaysia

Religious · Modernism

Masjid Negara

Baharuddin Abu Kassim, Howard Ashley · Kuala Lumpur, MY · 1965

Key featuresA folded concrete roof in an 18-point star covers the prayer hall, ringed by shaded verandahs and pools.

Architect
Baharuddin Abu Kassim, Howard Ashley
Place
Kuala Lumpur, MY
Year
1965
Typology
Religious
Movement
Modernism
Region
Southeast Asia
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