In keeping with other religious buildings, the mosque attaches special symbolic importance to light. Within the interior, all light appears woven into the fabric of the building with equipment hidden from view. Most striking of all is the exterior lighting which ebbs and flows according to the lunar-based Islamic calendar. Director Jonathan Speirs explains: “In the same way as the moon has an impact on the tides, we wanted the moon to have an impact on the building. Our idea was to have a building that, by full moon, is lit pristinely with white light, but with a textural quality evocative of clouds slowly drifting by. As the moon wanes over its 28 day cycle, the lighting grows gradually bluer to signify darkness. On the fourteenth evening the mosque is lit in deepest blue.”
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![5114747198.jpg](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lCA7IN5kp1A/TVvEnoxgcBI/AAAAAAAABoA/OMvxogtqWfs/w1000/5114747198.jpg "Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the eighth largest mosque in the world. It is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who is also buried there.The design of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque has been inspired by both Mughal and Moorish mosque architecture, particularly the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore and the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca being direct influences.The Sheikh Zayed Mosque made some world records:The carpet laid out on the vast expanse is the "World's Largest Carpet" made by Iran's Carpet Company. This carpet measures 5,627 m2 (60,570 sq ft). The weight of this carpet is 47 tons 35 tons of wool, and 12 tons of cotton. There are 2,268,000,000 knots within the carpet.This mosque also holds the largest chandelier. There are seven imported chandeliers from Germany made by Swarovski and are copper and gold-plated. The largest chandelier has")
Interview with Jonathan Speirs
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April 14, 2012
Just Wow, speechless kind of work
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