Science Proves Faisal Mosque is Among 50 Most Beautiful Buildings in the World

Faisal Mosque in Pakistan has been featured amongst the top 50 most beautiful buildings in the world.

The world’s fifth-largest and South Asia’s largest mosque has been ranked as the 16th most beautiful building in the world by Roofing Megastore.


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Roofing Megastore conducted a study and analyzed 100 most famous architectural works in the world and compared them against the dimensions of the “golden ratio” to determine their visual attraction to the human eye.

“The fifth largest mosque in the world is striking from every angle, featuring a contemporary eight-sided design that’s inspired by a typical Bedouin tent. Taking a decade to build, today Faisal Mosque is a major tourist attraction in Pakistan while remaining an important place of worship,” Roofing Megastore described.

 


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Meanwhile, Roofing Megastore has crowned St. Paul’s Cathedral in London as the most beautiful building in the world followed by Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore and Westminster Abbey in London.

The Golden Ratio explains ‘the perfectly symmetrical relationship between two proportions’, and it has been used by various notable historical artists and architects including Michelangelo, to create pleasing compositions.

For this study, Roofing Megastore plotted the ‘most common points found on the front-on ‘faces’ of each of the buildings, including the top and bottom corners, the building’s center, and equidistant points around the circumference, before comparing the distance between these markers to those laid out by the ratio’.

The Top 20 Most Beautiful Buildings in the World are:

Ranking Building Name Percentage Alignment to the Golden Ratio Year Completed  Country
1 St. Paul’s Cathedral 72.28 1710 England
2 Marina Bay Sands 70.88 2010 Singapore
3 Westminster Abbey 70.50 1745 England
4 Osaka Castle 70.38 1583 Japan
5 St. Basil’s Cathedral 69.10 1561 Russia
6 Casa Mila 68.64 1912 Spain
7 Florence Cathedral 67.52 1436 Italy
8 Taj Mahal 67.45 1653 India
9 Dancing House 66.87 1996 Czech Republic
10 Neuschwanstein Castle 63.10 1886 Germany
11 Cologne Cathedral 61.69 1880 Germany
12 St. Peter’s Basilica 61.47 1626 Vatican City
13 St. Louis Cathedral 58.10 1850 USA
14 Petra 57.12 Tth Century BC Jordan
15 Cathedral of Brasilia 55.79 1970 Brazil
16 Faisal Mosque 55.23 1986 Pakistan
17 The White House 53.31 1800 USA
18 Brandenberg Gate 52.56 1791 Germany
19 Great Pyramid of Piza 52.35 2560BC Egypt
20 Milan Cathedral 50.30 1965 Italy

 



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