In 2009 DGA were appointed by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to design the Brick Lane Cultural Trail - a series of sculptural elements along the length of Brick Lane. The centrepiece of the trail is a 29m-high minaret-like structure positioned outside the Brick Lane Mosque. Eight cylinders fabricated in stainless steel and illuminated from within form the body of the tower. It is not officially a minaret because it does not emit the call to prayer, but it functions visually as a marker for the mosque. DGA worked closely with the council and the mosque to agree on a design that satisfied both the planners and the mosque community.

The addition of the minaret-like structure to Brick Lane mosque was a significant moment for the mosque community. Several planning applications for the addition of minarets, finials and a dome had been refused, but permission was finally granted in 2009 for a 29m-high minaret-like structure. This was permitted on the condition that it would be separate from the Georgian building and would be taken down if it ever stopped being used as a mosque. In order to facilitate a free-standing structure, the pavement had to be widened and the entrance to the building’s basement re-routed. Positioned on a Bath stone base, the stainless-steel structure is pierced with an arabesque pattern and internally lit by coloured LEDs.