Religious – Dubai – UAE
Emaar
4,600 sqm
2019
The Iconic Mosque: An Oasis of Faith at the Heart of a Vertical City
In a vibrant location destined to host the tallest building in human history, rises a mosque unlike any other—The Iconic Mosque, an open-air sanctuary and a bold spiritual statement. It is not merely a building, but an oasis of faith, a sacred landscape designed to resonate with meaning, light, and presence.
The concept draws from the 99 Names of God—manifested as 99 vertical walls, rising delicately toward the sky like the branches of a tree. Each wall symbolizes a divine attribute, creating a spiritual rhythm that envelops visitors in reflection, reverence, and awe.
Rather than enclosing the divine, the design liberates it. This is not a conventional mosque. It is a memorial-like structure, an open praying plaza that reminds us that God cannot be confined within walls.
The experience is fluid, contemplative, and deeply immersive—an architecture of light, shadow, and movement that speaks to both the heart and the city.
Set in one of the most extraordinary urban settings on Earth, the mosque becomes a moment of pause amid vertical ambition—a counterpoint to height through humility, and to speed through silence. It is an invitation to look up—not only at architecture, but at the divine.
This is more than a place of prayer. It is a living symbol of unity, a space that reflects the sacred in the open, and an architectural expression of faith designed for the world to experience.
