Cambridge Central Mosque

Cambridge, United Kingdom, Europe

Completed · Civic · Mosque · Temperate · 2019

Europe's first purpose-built eco-mosque, seating 1,000 worshippers under a prayer hall roofed by tree-like glulam timber columns forming an interlaced octagonal lattice vault. Naturally lit and ventilated, with rooftop photovoltaics, air-source heat pumps and rainwater harvesting feeding a SUDS landscape. It was shortlisted for the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize.

Innovation highlights

• Glulam 'tree' columns forming a lattice fan vault
• Near-zero-carbon eco-mosque
• Natural daylighting and year-round natural ventilation
• PV, air-source heat pumps and rainwater harvesting

Innovations in the catalogue

• Glulam Tree-Column Lattice Vault
• Fabric-First Daylit and Naturally Ventilated Worship Hall
• Integrated PV, Heat Pumps and Rainwater Harvesting

Client / Developer

Cambridge Mosque Trust

Architect

Marks Barfield Architects

Engineer

Price & Myers (timber structure)

Type

Mosque

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