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Kosovo Buildings News

Kosovo Buildings – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

23 Apr 2013
EU Pavilion, Prizren
Design: Senat Haliti

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EU Pavilion Kosovo
The idea of making a structure somebody could enter into, and be surrounded by, is a response to the need for an artwork that would transform a public space, reviving it. The EU Pavilion idea came from the last stats regarding Kosovans readiness to Join EU (72%). The pavilion is designed to be occupied, providing a quiet space for contemplation with the potential to encourage building trust amongst people of different communities.

22 Apr 2013
Mosque of Prishtina Design
Design: Gezim Pacarizi + Arber Sadiku

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Mosque of Prishtina Design
Typical mosque elements like the dome, minaret, portico are incrusted in our collective memory as the expression of the Islamic religious building. We used all those elements; we redefined them again, and assembled them in the new way, coherent to our contemporary expression and aspirations. The mosque of Prishtina will be the building the people of Kosovo will identify with.

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22 Apr 2013
Central Mosque Competition Entry, Prishtina
Design: atelier V

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Central Mosque Competition Entry
For the architects, the design solution for The Central Mosque of Prishtina has as its foundation the notion that Prishtina is a bridge between the East and The West. It could not be a entirely eastern mosque because of Prishtina’s various Western influences, nor could it be a structure modeled after the latest Western trends in design as Prishtina has strong roots in Islamic Culture and history, primarily an Eastern phenomenon.

19 Apr 2013
Prishtina Central Mosque Competition design
Design: architects team from Podgorica / Montenegro

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Prishtina Central Mosque Competition
Islam is the main religion in Prishtina and Kosovo. This is the reason why the Central Mosque has to be a building-landmark in the city of Prishtina and should dominate and get involved in its urban context. In our design, The Mosque has important and central role in the city. During the analisys of the surrounding built environment, we realized there are two dominants: the Building news agency Rilindja and the boiler chimney of Dardanija (which was an inspiraton for minaret design in our work).

18 Apr 2013
Grand Mosque of Prishtina
Design: Various Architects

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Grand Mosque of Prishtina
The new Central Mosque occupies a strategic position within the extended urban centre of Prishtina. The main urban road limits two distinct, modern parts of the city here while buildings of outstanding scale and importance are aligned along this mayor car traffic route, which also forms the eastern limit of the project site. A mayor pedestrian route, dense with people throughout the day defines its southern side.

18 Apr 2013
Central Mosque of Pristina, Kosovo
Design: Taller 301

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Central Mosque of Pristina
Kosovo is a country rich in tradition and has had to confront tough issues in recent years. Now, it is a good time to look back, and to see the way forward. The main idea is to re-interpret the elements that constitute the Mosque, without pushing the limits of the already established principles of Islamic Architecture.