Al-Jaleel Mosque, Jeddah

The age-old notion of using naturally occurring or local building materials to construct monumental buildings is a noble one, timeless and deeply rooted in place. While traditional practice all but disappearing from most the world, environmental, social, economic advantages such an approach are too great be ignored by contemporary industry. Al-Jaleel Friday Mosque, located on northern seafront Jeddah, region’s historic port city, was designed following those principles. project conceived start as load-bearing structure locally fired bricks for walls vaulted ceilings, forming necessary structural mechanical details. But challenge win hearts minds engineering team.