Post-Modern Architecture
The term post modern architecture indicate an approach that contradict the principles and edicts of what was understood as the modern style.
The term post modern or modernistic architecture are sort of revivalism that signify one of the many ways which the post modernist attempts to create an architecture of meaning for the people or public at large rather than for the elite.
There are two types of Post-Modern Architecture :
Foreign Revival in mosque architecture seems to be the order of the day with such examples as the Putra Mosque, the Shah Alam Mosque, the Wilayah Mosque, the UTM Mosque in Johor, the Sarawak State Mosque, etc
The term post modern architecture indicate an approach that contradict the principles and edicts of what was understood as the modern style.
The term post modern or modernistic architecture are sort of revivalism that signify one of the many ways which the post modernist attempts to create an architecture of meaning for the people or public at large rather than for the elite.
There are two types of Post-Modern Architecture :
- Foreign Revival Architecture
- Vernacular Revival Architecture
Foreign Revival in mosque architecture seems to be the order of the day with such examples as the Putra Mosque, the Shah Alam Mosque, the Wilayah Mosque, the UTM Mosque in Johor, the Sarawak State Mosque, etc
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| Al Bukhary Mosque - Alor Star Kedah |
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| PutraJaya Mosque - Putra Jaya |
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| State Mosque - Sabah |
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| State Mosque - Sarawak |
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| State Mosque - Shah Alam Selangor |
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| State Mosque - Terengganu |
The use of an eclectic array of Iranian and Turkish domes, Egyptian and Turkish minarets, Persian Iwan gateways, lavish courtyards surrounded by the sahn, and an Arabian hypo-style planning composition and pointed or semi circular arches showered in sumptuous classical ‘Islamic’ decorations.
The Vernacular Revivalism calls for a slightly less monumental approach with its use of the three tiered pyramidal roof form built either of concrete or timber.
Conclusions
There is a varied architectural style for mosque design in Malaysia.
The Vernacular Revivalism calls for a slightly less monumental approach with its use of the three tiered pyramidal roof form built either of concrete or timber.
Conclusions
There is a varied architectural style for mosque design in Malaysia.
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