Hobgood Architects 

Location: Durham, NC

Jamaat Ibad Ar-Rahman is a Mosque/Prayer Hall in Durham, NC.  It is a 8,500 sq. foot facility with prayer space for 330 worshipers, including ammenitites for men and women, funeral and body preperation, and a courtyard which operates as overflow worship space during Ramadan.  The program strategy consists of four ammenity boxes oriented to the local context.  These boxes surround the central prayer hall which is oriented to Mecca.