Avant-garde mosque in Iran infuriates religious hardliners
'It’s no big deal if it does not follow the stereotypical architecture of mosques that have domes or minarets. It is a place of worship'/ The site marks the ongoing religious conflict between conservatives and the country's more vibrant and artistic community/ capital would have hardliners shouting from the minarets – if there were any. The architects behind the Vali-e-Asr mosque dispensed with the traditional rounded domes and towering minarets, opting instead for a modern design of undulating waves of grey stone and concrete, which they ...
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