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Islamic Center of America, Dearborn

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المركز الإسلامي الأمريكي، ديربورن

The largest mosque in the United States according to the catalogue, built in 2005 at Dearborn, Michigan, to designs by Paul Bertin and David Donnellon, with golden domes, Moorish arches and two minarets 1.

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The Contemporary Era
Region
Americas & Oceania

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1990200020102020

Architecture

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Overview

The Islamic Center of America at Dearborn, Michigan, was built in 2005 by Alan Abbas and Luna Construction to designs by Paul Bertin and David Donnellon, one of the exhibition's two authors, and the catalogue calls it the largest mosque in the United States. 2 1

Architecture

The catalogue places it among the "imported designs": its golden domes, Moorish arches and two 110-foot minarets topped with crescents of solid brass represent traditional Islamic architecture, and the central dome rises almost 20 metres. 1

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Sources

  1. Mosques in the United States of America and Canada, photo-exhibition catalogue, photographs provided by Omar Khalidi and David Donnellon, essay by Omar Khalidi, U.S. Embassy Germany (exhibition first shown in Frankfurt, October 2006) , pp. 8-9
  2. Mosques in the United States of America and Canada, photo-exhibition catalogue, photographs provided by Omar Khalidi and David Donnellon, essay by Omar Khalidi, U.S. Embassy Germany (exhibition first shown in Frankfurt, October 2006) , credits
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