Cambridge Central Mosque
Timber mosque with tree-like columns, hand-drawn Islamic geometry and an eco-friendly design.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Cambridge Central Mosque on Mill Road in Cambridge is about the timber columns rising around you and the engineering puzzle of turning a forest into a roof. It follows the geometer Keith Critchlow, whose hand-drawn Islamic patterns shaped the canopy, and a Swiss timber workshop that had to make them buildable. Best heard standing in the prayer hall, looking up.
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