Education City Mosque Explained

Education City Mosque
Religious Affiliation:	Islam
Location:	Education City Al Rayyan, Qatar
Architecture Type:	Mosque
Architecture Style:	Modern by MYAA Mangera Yvars Architects^[1]
Capacity:	2,800
Dome Quantity:	90
Minaret Quantity:	2
Materials:	Sandstone, Steel
Map Type:	Qatar

Education City Mosque (QFIS Mosque; Arabic: مسجد المدينة التعليمية), is the national mosque of Education City Al Rayyan in Qatar.^{[2] [3]} It is located in the Minaretein building, which rests on five large columns representing the five pillars of Islam, with each featuring a verse drawn from the Quran. In 2016, the building was nominated by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for its inaugural international prize. In 2015, it won the Best Religious Building prize at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore.^{[4] [5]} The mosque was designed by the architectural team of Mangera Yvars.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Education City Mosque: Combining Modernity and Heritage. www.qf.org.qa.
2. Web site: Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies by Mangera Yvars Architects | Universities. Architonic.
3. Web site: Education City Mosque. www.qf.org.qa.
4. Web site: Education City Mosque. visitqatar.com.
5. https://mosqpedia.org/en/mosque/154 Education City Mosque - Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture
6. Web site: Education city mosque | Travel and Tourism,Art & Culture | Al Rayyan | Doha Directory. www.doha.directory.
7. Web site: A Space for Reflection. Q.. Life. September 27, 2020. Q Life.
8. Web site: ‘The Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies by Mangera Yvars is a process of continuous learning and enlightenment’. Velina. Mirincheva. March 7, 2017.