Assunna Mosque
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مسجد السُّنَّة (Arabic) ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⴰⵙⵓⵏⴰ (Berber) | |
Assunna Mosque (Arabic: مسجد السُّنَّة, Berber: ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⴰⵙⵓⵏⴰ) is a mosque designed by Jean-François Zevaco in a modernist architectural style in Casablanca, Morocco in 1966.[1][2] It features brutalist architectural elements such as raw concrete.[1] It is located at the junction of Blvd. 2 Mars and Blvd. Modibo Keïta.[1]
It drew inspiration from Oscar Niemeyer's Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Pampulha, Belo Horizonte.[3]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Dahmani, Iman; El moumni, Lahbib; Meslil, El mahdi (2019). Modern Casablanca Map. Translated by Borim, Ian. Casablanca: MAMMA Group. ISBN 978-9920-9339-0-2.
- ^ "Introduciendo la arquitectura moderna en Marruecos: Jean-François Zevaco". Arquitectura (in Spanish). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Carayol, Sébastien (26 January 2018). "Casablanca: le labo Zevaco". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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- Religious buildings and structures in Casablanca
- Mosques in Morocco
- Brutalist architecture in Africa
- Modernist architecture
- Religious buildings and structures completed in 1966
- 1966 establishments in Morocco
- African mosque stubs
- Moroccan building and structure stubs