The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque : a visual journey / text by Robert Hillenbrend; arabic translation by Hiba Nasser George; photography by Victor Romero, Pino Musi and others. - Abu Dhabi : Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (ADACH), 2010. - 177 p. : color illustrations, portraits, photos, planes ; 36x46 cm.

With hardcover, in the container and case Dadicated to the memory of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Contents: Foreword; Introduction; The life and vision of Sheikh Zayed; Form and structure; Texture and surface; colour and light; Nature and geometry; Credits and acknowledgments; Statistics of the Grande Mosque.

Book includes 13 pages dedicated to the memory of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, displayed on handmade Japanese natural paper and embellished with contemporary Arabic calligraphic designs and silkscreenp rinted with gold ink. Other sections of the title are printed on thick cardstock paper with mother-of-pearl varnish, blind embossing, letterpress printing, and gold foiling on details of many images. Bound to white linen-covered boards and issued in a white, linen-covered clamshell box with title and silhouette of the mosque letterpress printed in gold on front cover, and with title and Arabic calligraphy printed letterpress in gold on spine.

97899480152415


Mosques--United Arab Emirates--Pictorial work
Islamic architecture--United Arab Emirates--Pictorial works


Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)--Architecture