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SUFI-TEMPLE

S.J. VAN EMBDEN, 1969-1970, Zuidduinseweg 5, Katwijk aan Zee

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Sam van Embden

BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings

A plastic cupola allowing daylight into the meditation hall dominates the sober concrete-block facades of this meditation centre for followers of the Sufi cult. Less-tall ancillary spaces around the rectangular hall blend into the surrounding dune landscape, scattered about which are a number of meditation areas.