Friday Mosque

This is a neighbourhood place of worship on a compact site at the heart of Msheireb Downtown Doha. It typifies Msheireb’s culturally-grounded predisposition by bringing together the three customary components of a traditional mosque – Sahan (courtyard), Liwan (a plain hall) and Minara (the minaret) – with a modest architectural language that nods to both the contemporary and historic. As any good building in a city should, it also plays an urban function. Its eastern colonnade provides a shaded route off one of Msheireb’s major squares and its northern side frames a small garden.