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Skopje, Macedonia: Kitsch capital of the Balkans
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- Published on Sunday, 04 November 2012 18:35
- Written by BC-Stuff
Winston Churchill is flashing his trademark victory sign from the rooftop of Macedonia's shining white new foreign ministry building.
Alexander the Great is pointing his mighty sword from the top of a mega water fountain that airs classical music on the hour, as sprinkling water dances to the sound of its tunes.
Alexander's father, Philip II, is standing firmly on a tall marble pedestal, his fist lifted toward the sky, surrounded by drab communist-style apartment blocks and garbage littering the streets of Macedonia's capital.
The new Muslim cemetery in the city of Vorarlberg in Austria opened yesterday
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- Published on Saturday, 02 June 2012 18:18
- Written by BC & Agencies
The Muslim community of the city of Vorarlberg in Austria yesterday successfully opened the first Muslim cemetery for that region.
The cemetery opened on June 2, 2012, nine years since the first idea for the project. It is located in the municipality of Altach, along the road L190 between Hohenems and Götzis. The cemetery will serve all Islamic communities from different towns and cities of Vorarlberg, providing for burials to be done according to Islamic rites. The facility can accommodate approx. 700 graves, and encompasses a room for the ritual washing, as well as a small prayer space.
Ottoman architecture not just from Armenians and Greeks, says historian
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- Published on Saturday, 25 December 2010 22:56
- Written by Harun
. While some say there is an attempt to show that Istanbul’s recent architectural heritage belongs to Armenians and Greeks only, others think that such a prejudiced approach goes against academic objectivity Selman Can has studied Ottoman architecture extensively.
Modernist Islamic Architecture: Toward preserving a migrant past
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:00
- Written by BC & Agencies
MakeSpace Architects is a London-based firm whose work specializes in private and social housing, as well as community buildings. Much of the community work focuses on the development of mosques and Islamic centers. Besides designing and building the structures, MakeSpace aspire to develop a new architectural language based on what indigenous, British Islamic architecture, in their eyes, should be.
