An Islamic community, Anjuman-E-Najmi, in Irving is building a new 12, 300 square-foot worship facility that will include a parsonage, dining hall and classrooms, and prayer hall.

 The three building elements are organized around a central court and fountain.  A curved masonry wall, with traditional banding detail, connects the three buildings, directs circulation, and provides a sense of enclosure.  The fountain, located in the central of the arrival plaza, is on axis with prayer hall and Mecca.  A primary emphasis of the landscape design was to understand and respecting the existing natural features of the wooded site.  Parking is carefully sited to preserve existing trees, and the plant material and hardscape materials were selected to compliment the existing Post Oak habitat.  The project received an ASLA Award of Excellence, 2000.

"The success of the mosque is both conceptual and visual...The detailing is understated, yet appropriate; and the combination of formal plazas and broad curving walls gives the ensemble a stateliness, a monumentality even that far exceeds its actual size."

David Dillon, Architectural Critic, Dallas Morning News