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2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners revealed

2016-10-03T17:48:00-04:00

The 2016 winners have been revealed for the honorable Aga Khan Award for Architecture...Starting out with 348 nominations for the 2014-2016 cycle, the independent Master Jury shortlisted 19 competitive projects this past May. Following rigorous deliberation, the jury finally selected the six winning projects, which...include a children's library in Beijing, a spirituality refuge in Dhaka, and the Zaha Hadid-designed Issam Fares Institute, to name a few.

Here's a glimpse of the winning projects:

Bait ur Rouf Mosque | Dhaka, Bangladesh
Architect: Marina Tabassum Architects

Hutong Children’s Library and Art Centre | Beijing, China
Architect: ZAO / standardarchitecture / Zhang Ke

Superkilen | Copenhagen, Denmark
Architects: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Topotek 1 and Superflex

Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge | Tehran, Iran
Architect: Diba Tensile Architecture / Leila Araghian, Alireza Behzadi

Issam Fares Institute | Beirut, Lebanon
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects

Friendship Centre | Gaibandha, Bangladesh
Architect: Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA

Learn more about each project on Bustler.

Previously:

2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners announced

Winners of the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Announced

2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners announced

2013-09-09T19:50:00-04:00

The prestigious Aga Khan Awards for Architecture program has announced the 2013 winners at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal. Established in 1977, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture is given every three years to recognize all types of building projects that positively affect today’s built environment in communities in which Muslims have a significant presence.

The five projects selected by the 2013 Master Jury are:

Islamic Cemetery in Altach, Austria by Bernardo Bader Architects
Revitalization of Birzeit Historic Center in Birzeit, Palestine by Riwaq - Center for Architectural Conservation
Rehabilitation of Tabriz Bazaar inTabriz, Iran by ICHTO East Azerbaijan Office
Rabat-Salé Urban Infrastructure Project in Rabat, Morocco by Marc Mimram Architecture
Salam Center for Cardiac Surgery in Khartoum, Sudan by Studio Tamassociati

Master Jury Announced for 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture

2012-11-21T19:32:00-05:00

Master Jury Will Select Recipients of US$ 1 Million Prize

The members of the Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced today. The Jury, which independently selects the recipients of the US$ 1 million Award, will convene in January 2013 to select a shortlist from hundreds of nominated projects. The shortlisted projects will then be subject to rigorous on-site reviews by independent experts. The Jury will meet for a second time in June 2013 to examine the on-site reviews and then select the final recipients of the Award.

The nine members of the Master Jury for the 2010-2013 Award cycle are:

Mr. David Adjaye, Principal, Adjaye Associates, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Howayda al-Harithy, Professor, Department of Architecture and Design, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Mr. Michel Desvigne, Landscape Architect and Founder, Agence Michel Desvigne, Paris, France
Professor Mahmood Mamdani, Professor and Executive Director, Makerere Institute for Social Research (MISR), Wandegeya, Uganda
Mr. Kamil ...

Maki to design Muslim cultural centre for the Aga Khan

2012-10-15T15:09:00-04:00

World-renowned Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki is to design a Muslim cultural centre and university on the 67-acre King’s Cross development for the Aga Khan. The 84-year-old Pritzker prizewinner has been appointed to draw up plans for the two buildings by the Aga Khan Development Network, an 80,000-strong organisation headed by the leader of the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims.