Timber iQ December 2019 - January 2020 // Issue: 47 | Page 28

LOCAL PROJECT
A courtyard
like no other
The completed courtyard pergola for the mosque.
By Dineo Phoshoko
All images by Amoretti Designs
Places of worship often provide people with an opportunity to gather and share
a common religious devotion to a higher being. Some places of worship add to
the feeling of sacredness to offer visitors, due to the design and architecture. The
Houghton Masjid is a case in point.
L
ocated on 45 West Street, Houghton, Johannesburg, the
outside of the mosque is symbolised by two towers,
known as minarets. Mohamad Ally, supervising architect
of Muhammad Mayet Architects + Urban Designers explains
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that the site overlooks the M1 motorway and is revealed as one
approaches from either the north or from downtown
Johannesburg – making the building a dominant landmark
framed by the Houghton ridge beyond.
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