View from the ruins. Restoration of Al-Abbas Mosque, Asnaf, Yemen.
Reha GUNAY
Restoration of Al-Abbas Mosque
Award Cycle: 2002-2004 Cycle
Status: Award Recipient
Country of origin: Yemen
Location: Asnaf, Yemen
Client: General Organization for Antiquities, Manuscripts & Museums and the French Centre for Yemeni Studies
Architect: Marylåne Barret, Abdullah al-Hadrami
Completed: 1996
This mosque, noted for its decorated wood ceiling dates to the 12th century AD. Owing to the deterioration of the roof, the decorated ceiling was restored and some repair was also given to the overall structure.