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Three British Mosques: 2021


Applied Arts Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: Official documentation of the Three British Mosques exhibition, featuring excerpts from the films created as part of the Assembly project. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia 
Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: Dolls house image of exterior/interior of Old Kent Road Mosque. Fabrication Lab, University of Westminster
Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: Dolls house image of exterior/interior of Brick Lane Mosque. Fabrication Lab, University of Westminster 
Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: Dolls house image of exterior/interior of Harrow Central Mosque. Fabrication Lab, University of Westminster
Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: Installation view of Three British Mosques. Andrea Avezzù. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia
Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: Installation view of Three British Mosques. Andrea Avezzù. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia
Video stills from the Assembly films
Video stills of interviews with representatives from the three mosques


Project Partners
 V&A

Funding
V&A Applied Arts Pavilion Special Project Venice Biennale Fund (2021)
In collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum and architect Shahed Saleem, the Three British Mosques exhibition was created for the Applied Arts Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale. The pavilion explored the self-built world of adapted mosques through detailed 1:1 reconstructions of highly decorative mihrabs, minbars, and other significant architectural elements. In the United Kingdom, the majority of mosques have developed through the adaptation of pre-existing buildings—such as houses, shops, cinemas, pubs, and former places of worship. These transformations often represent acts of communal self-determination, as congregations actively fundraise and work collectively to create spaces that better reflect their religious, social, and cultural needs.      

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British Mosques
Edited by Shahed Saleem, Christopher Turner and Ella Kilgallon with contributions from Julie Marsh, V&A and Foolscap Editions 2020

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