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First Mosque Designed by A Women
[Istanbul, Turkey] 


Last week the Sakirin Mosque opened in Istanbul, Turkey. It’s the first mosque 
in the country to have an interior designed by a woman, Zeynep Fadillioglu. An 
interior designer known for jet setting ways, she nonetheless won a commission 
to redesign the religious structure in Istanbul. She even recruited women to 
help in the construction. Begun last year, the project was just recently 
completed. It's a fairly impressive building, subtly blending modern techniques 
and materials into what might be the world's most conservative design 
vernacular.

Admittedly, I have not been inside a lot of mosques and don’t know much about 
how light and open space is supposed to work in them, traditionally. I just 
know that this has a crazy gorgeous interior, with a lovely soaring, open feel 
to it. It’s got lots of gold in the color scheme, but it manages to be tasteful 
and elegant, instead of looking like Trump Mosque. The unfinished wood accents 
contrast nicely. And I love how the “dripping chandelier” catches and magnifies 
natural light. I want that thing in my house!













































               

 
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