Al-Zawawi Mosque

The first project

Al-Zawawi Mosque House on top of the hill
ClientAli Yousef Al- Matrouk
LocationKuwait
TypeResidential
ScopeFloor, screens, fountains
Duration 1983 -1983

Dining room entrance floor

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We were commissioned by Mr. Matrouk to make the floor to the entrance of his drawing room and to make a matching border for another room. The floor had a separate border and interior pieces. The design for the same was provided by Mr. Matrouk's architect and designer, Mr. John Twiss and Ms. K.N. Al-Wahbi
The entire floor of the first room is complete. It was made of 31 separate pieces of stone and measured 6ft x 4ft. There were several semi-precious stone inlaid such as Jasper, mother-of-pearl, cornelian and several Italian stones. There were several artisans involved in the project as can be seen in the image to the left.
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The border of the 2nd room floor is complete.

Filigree work

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The main entrance of the house had these filigree (Jaali) work sections to be put on the top of the entrance. We were provided by 1:1 scale drawings for it as well.
There were 4 screens measuring approximately 24 inches across . The work done on the screens is called relief work.
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The fountains

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There were two fountains that were made for Mr. Matrouk as well inlaid with semi- precious stones such as Jasper, Mother-of-Pearl, red Alicante and black Onyx.