tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28455044Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:06:11 +0000AecomMosquesKandinskyLibiyaMumbai IndiaRafael MoneoExpo 2010green mosqueSaudi ArabiaFrank GehryIranian EmbassyElan MagazineSOMSOMA ArchitectsUAEKenneth FramptonRem Koolhaas / OMAPark 51steven hollAmerican MosqueAbu DhabiIla Bêka and Louise LemoîneSalk Institute23E22SexualitySimon HoggSobaISNAUnited Arab EmiratesMoammar GadhafiColumbia UniversityDesignSacred SpaceMIT ArchitecturePrayerMiamiPradaPavilionGuggenheim MuseumAga Khan Program in Islamic ArchitectureHajjZaha Hadid ArchitectsUniversity of ArizonaDesign Concept for the new BMW M1MeccaFrank Llyod WriteswitzerlandarchitectureSeattle TripCooper UnionKaâbaTerreform ONEEnglandMatchbox 20HarvardSudanWomen's Spaces in MosqueRem KoolhaasShiaThom MayneBond Bryan ArchitectsLondonMitchell JoachimStudio TamassociatiMuseum of ToleranceEmerging ArchitectsCivil Courts of Justice in Madrid by Zaha HadidMaryam EskandariManhattanNorman FosterKuwaitWWW.ARCHINODE.COMminaretsIslamaphobiaCharles and Ray Eames Prefab Designer American Home ArchitectureERAU Udvar-Hazy LibraryLouise LemoîneLibyaMosque in AmericaMiddle EastDubaiAdrian Smith + Gordon Gill ArchitectureThe next Generation of ArchitectureUNTripoliAtkinsMuslimOne Madison ParkZaha HadidRMJMpoliticsLouis I. 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AIA)Blogger89125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifSome Rights ReservedIntellectualDesignMeansFocushttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28455044.post-6408256994742027274Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:06:00 +00002012-01-10T17:06:11.876-08:00intellectual design means focus...: Eskandari speaks on American mosqueshttp://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/10/20/29128/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/HTNyvzv_9Lo/intellectual-design-means-focus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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Co-sponsored with American Whig Cliosophic Society and Muslim Students Association. Monday, September 19 | 4.30 pm | Whig Hall, Senate Chamberhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/rQ3Iy9TwlTI/islam-in-conversation-series.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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TAKE ACTIONhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/XDsQ1kiL3cw/arab-development-initiative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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This tragedy pushed the Muslim American community to the forefront, forcing us to discover who we are, as a collective. This grueling process of defining identity can be traced through architectural designs where various attributes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/Jibv91utaYY/decade-of-designing-muslim-american.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. AIA)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?a=Jibv91utaYY:FB29r4LmYlg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?a=Jibv91utaYY:FB29r4LmYlg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~4/Jibv91utaYY" height="1" width="1"/>http://maryameskandari.blogspot.com/2011/09/decade-of-designing-muslim-american.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28455044.post-2642544742399794879Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:24:00 +00002011-07-08T14:44:28.594-07:00ISNAAmerican MosqueMuslimPark 5148th Annual ISNA Convention: Loving God, Loving Neighbor, Living in HarmonyFriday July 01, 2011Islam, Pluralism and Social HarmonyDescription: America finds itself at a crossroads with a financial crisis at home and war abroad. At every critical juncture in history, social movements—from civil rights to anti-war—have brought people of all races and creeds together around common values and aspirations. This session will offer reflections on the collective movement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/oGo0h3Q-8Gk/48th-annual-isna-convention-loving-god.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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Each summer I would spend time with him in Iran, and got acquainted with the world of construction and architecture. He started off with a few lessons of drawing the living room, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/-g5-_mZVbs0/sacred-space-islamic-architecture-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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Maryam Eskandari, an architect at the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard and MIT, currently has a traveling exhibit on American Mosques. She brings a new angle to the debate discussing the role of architecture as an identity issuehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/74ygJRETWbo/sacred-space-for-muslim-americans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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[ dispatch ] Since the early 16th century, during the Safavid dynasty, the holy city of Qom has been a significant center of Shia theological education and a locus of pilgrimage. Recently, its development has become a top priority http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/FUORA2s7twE/bringing-pilgrims-to-qom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. AIA)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?a=FUORA2s7twE:QKm_VvuStto:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?a=FUORA2s7twE:QKm_VvuStto:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~4/FUORA2s7twE" height="1" width="1"/>http://maryameskandari.blogspot.com/2011/03/bringing-pilgrims-to-qom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28455044.post-8902655935927732306Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:52:00 +00002011-03-17T14:59:44.495-07:00Maryam EskandariMosque in AmericaIslamic architectureAmerican MosqueWomen's Spaces in MosqueSexualityGenderGender, Sexuality and Urban SpacesThis was a great, if in cohesive group of panelists. They’ve each done really interesting research on different architectural expressions of ‘women’s spaces’ in three different US institutions: contemporary Mosques, Gymnasiums at the turn of the century, and Settlement Houses in the early 1900′s. Maryam Eskandari gave a very compelling presentation on the need to re-examine mosque typology http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/oY9wYPj8980/gender-sexuality-and-urban-spaces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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Competing with other Middle Eastern countries, such as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, Libya has been able to keep up with the “architecture boom” that has been on the rise in that region. However, several days ago, when http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/b-mzSWAkkE0/libyas-architecture-on-brink.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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The regime supported laws and actions that sharply limited Egyptians’ access to public space — to places where citizens could congregate, meet, talk, interact. It promoted the development of gated communities with private parks, golf courses and luxury shopping malls, and in doing so facilitated the exodus of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/hBb6PpKeJ_I/tahrir-square-social-media-public-space.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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That seems to be what Michael Tilson Thomas, the artistic director of the New World Symphony, was counting on when he hired Frank Gehry to design him a new music center. Like others running classical music institutions today, Mr. Thomas is struggling to connect to a younger audience. The 81-year-oldhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/HpOWgNhs-hc/gehry-design-plays-fanfare-for-common.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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There are many explanations. “You start with some very bright people, let them hang out with other very bright people and allow their imaginations to roam,” is how Susan Hockfield, the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), sums it up. But there seems to be an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/-mzGhPvsgD0/mit-and-art-of-innovation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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Plagued with debate, below are the top five most controversial buildings this year. On top of the list was none other than the Burj Dubai, renamed Burj Khalifa honoring the ruler of Abu Dhabi who spared $11 billion dollars to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/I_LsuyY5KQA/2010-year-of-contentious-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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It is, instead, a fantasy of contemporary urban planning, the site of what one day will be King Abdullah Economic City, a 65-square-mile development at the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/MCyNmF1QnvI/saudi-urban-projects-are-window-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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Millions of people come each year to visit this architectural wonder, built by the father of the three monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They get http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/VF_QV3wgGYU/redesigning-mecca.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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It's not a mosque, and it's not at Ground Zero – only nearby. It's not a "clubhouse for terrorists", as some objectors have called it, nor a work of "triumphalist stealth jihad". It does not "loom" over the "hallowed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/pJTaQabaJJk/why-park51-is-much-more-than-mosque-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Staff)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?a=pJTaQabaJJk:_ubOXh5jxUE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?a=pJTaQabaJJk:_ubOXh5jxUE:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~4/pJTaQabaJJk" height="1" width="1"/>http://maryameskandari.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-park51-is-much-more-than-mosque-at.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28455044.post-1640021572143267400Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:51:00 +00002011-08-08T11:16:46.324-07:00Maryam Eskandarigreen mosqueMosquesIslamic architectureFaith in PlaceAmerican MosqueModern ArchitectureSustainable ArchitectureThe Green Mosque November 2, 2o10 | Maryam EskandariFeatured in New York's Elan Magazine Last week, the Chicago based nonprofit organization, Faith in Place, announced its winner for “Building: Problem or Solution?” competition. 26 design firms, representing 11 states, and six countries participated. Of which, the winner for this year was a team of four young Muslims, from Pasadena, California whose http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/MEkvqMb_Irg/green-mosque.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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Fast forward thirty years later, where Chanel’s head designer Karl Lagerfeld took those words and made them into reality. Lagerfeld http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/b5zKxWdNAXQ/zaha-hadids-chanel-pavilion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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Unless, you where busy trying to get your three wishes, you know that this summer was one of the most hyper active summers, where the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IntellectualDesignMeansFocus/~3/A5EdPLBza2o/sand-dunes-of-china.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maryam Eskandari, Assoc. 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