This new facilty in Irving, Texas is designed for Anjuman-E-Najmi Dallas, Inc., a Shiite based Dawoodi Bhora community, which serves the Dallas Metroplex Area. Occupying the generally flat site are three modestly budgeted structures; The Prayer Hall, The Classroom/Dining Facility, and the Priest's Residence. These wood and steel framed, stucco clad boxes are bonded together and inwardly focused by curving masonry elements. The circular court created by these structures contains a traditional central fountain,a prominent element symbolic of the ceremonial act of ablution, prior to entering the Prayer Hall, on axis with Mecca.

The Dawoodi Bhora Community desired certain traditional elements from the Fatimid period (900-1100 A.D.) - stilted arch, minaret, and mihrab forms, parapet cresting, and banded masonry coursing- which are symbolic of their religious origins.

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