The director of IACAD's engineering department, Ali Al-Suwaidi said in a press conference that "The cost is 30 per cent higher than building the mosque in the normal way because it is the first of its kind in the world."

Mohammad bin Rashid Library opens in Dubai spanning more than 54,000 square meters, with seven floors and nine thematic libraries. There are nine thematic libraries within the space with increasingly specialized library content as you go up the seven levels, while the ground floor is home to three libraries filled with the most accessible content....