SHEIKH ZAYED GRAND MOSQUE

A MAIN PRAYER HALL MEETING

-ABU DHABI, UAE- B OPEN PRAYER HALL
C NORTH ENTRANCE
D SOUTH ENTRANCE
E VIP AREA
F THE "SAHAN" COURTYARD

CHANDELIER

FLOOR PLAN
PERSPECTIVE
THE SHEIKH ZAYED GRAND MOSQUE IS THE LARGEST MOSQUE IN THE UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES. AS GREAT MOSQUE OF THE COUNTRY, IS THE KEY PLACE OF
WORSHIP FOR FRIDAY MEETINGS AND PRAYERS OF RAMADAN. THE MOSQUE WAS
CREATED WITH A POETIC, BASED ON THE IMAGE OF THE FULL MOON WITH WISPS
OF CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS HER FACE. THE BUILDING CHANGES ITS APPEARANCE
AS YOU GO LUNAR CYCLE, BATHED IN COLD WHITE LIGHT OF THE FULL MOON, AND
CHANGING COLOR EVERY TWO NIGHTS, GROWING GRADUALLY MORE BLUE AS THE
MOON WANES. THE RESORT HAS 1096 COLUMNS ON THE OUTSIDE AND 96 INSIDE.
THE MOSQUE HAS FOUR MINARETS 107 METERS HIGH WITH 82 DOMES OF SEVEN
DIFFERENT SIZES. THE CARPET IN THE MAIN HALL, WITH 5,627 M2, WEIGHS 47 TONS
(35 AND 12 COTTON WOOL) AND HAS 2,268,000,000 KNOTS. THE DESIGN OF THE QIBLA WALL
DOMES PILLARS ORNAMENT
MINARETS COMBINE STYLE MAMLUK, OTTOMAN AND FATIMID, FUSING THE BEAUTY
AND ART OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD.
SHEIKH ZAYED GRAND MOSQUE
A MAIN PRAYER HALL MEETING
-ABU DHABI, UAE- B OPEN PRAYER HALL
C NORTH ENTRANCE
D SOUTH ENTRANCE
E VIP AREA
F THE "SAHAN" COURTYARD

CHANDELIER

FLOOR PLAN
PERSPECTIVE
THE SHEIKH ZAYED GRAND MOSQUE IS THE LARGEST MOSQUE IN THE UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES. AS GREAT MOSQUE OF THE COUNTRY, IS THE KEY PLACE OF
WORSHIP FOR FRIDAY MEETINGS AND PRAYERS OF RAMADAN. THE MOSQUE WAS
CREATED WITH A POETIC, BASED ON THE IMAGE OF THE FULL MOON WITH WISPS
OF CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS HER FACE. THE BUILDING CHANGES ITS APPEARANCE
AS YOU GO LUNAR CYCLE, BATHED IN COLD WHITE LIGHT OF THE FULL MOON, AND
CHANGING COLOR EVERY TWO NIGHTS, GROWING GRADUALLY MORE BLUE AS THE
MOON WANES. THE RESORT HAS 1096 COLUMNS ON THE OUTSIDE AND 96 INSIDE.
THE MOSQUE HAS FOUR MINARETS 107 METERS HIGH WITH 82 DOMES OF SEVEN
DIFFERENT SIZES. THE CARPET IN THE MAIN HALL, WITH 5,627 M2, WEIGHS 47 TONS
(35 AND 12 COTTON WOOL) AND HAS 2,268,000,000 KNOTS. THE DESIGN OF THE QIBLA WALL
DOMES PILLARS ORNAMENT
MINARETS COMBINE STYLE MAMLUK, OTTOMAN AND FATIMID, FUSING THE BEAUTY
AND ART OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD.