Sherefudin's White Mosque, Visoko, Bosnia(1980): designed by the architect Zlatko Ulgjen, it masterfully assimilates modern influences, especially Le Corbusier's Ronchamp Cathedral, and traditional Ottoman forms and elements. This mosque is firmly anchored in the present, but whose indebtness to its past is well-articulated.

 

View of the Mosque's roof and minaret.
 
Interior view towards the mihrab showing the use of skylights to articulate the space.
 
Detail of the minaret top showing the use of tubular form to suggest Arabic calligraphy.

 

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