Foreword
Chapter One: Interpreting Precedents
The First Mosque
Origins and Later development
Designing the American Mosque
The Urban Mosque : Case Studies
The Islamic Center of New York, Manhattan, NYC
The Islamic Center Washington DC
Islamic Center, Miami
An Urban Mosque Boston, Massachusetts
Abiqui, New Mexico
Regents Park Mosque, London
Birmingham Central Mosque
Rome Mosque
Paris Mosque
Chapter Two: Site Planning
Response to Site & Regional Context
Geometry of the Site
Chapter Three: Regulating Geometries
Design Elements
The Elements of Composition
Geometry of the Plan
Structure and Structural Systems
Chapter Four: Enclosure and Architectural Configuration
Orientation and Movement
Materials and Surface treatment
Proportion and Scale
Details: mihrab, minaret, mimbar, ablution fountains
Chapter Five: A Word About Ornament
Index
Appendix
Glossary of Terms