The brief was to provide a prayer hall for 1,000 worshippers plus additional women's areas, with an Islamic garden, teaching room, cafe and kitchen, imam's house, visiting scholars' flat, a mortuary and car park. It called for a design 'based on universal principles', socially integrated into the wider community, secure and with a scale and massing that respected its urban context. The client had high aspirations with respect to sustainability, encouraging on-site renewables and a minimal carbon footprint, and was also ambitious for the building to be a positive civic asset for the city.
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