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1 May 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013 Shortlist 20 Projects Shortlisted for US$ 1 million Aga Khan Award for Architecture Lisbon, 30 April 2013 – The shortlist of nominees for the 2013 cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced today at the Palacio das Necessidades (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The 20 nominees for the US$ 1 million prize range from a modern high rise apartment block to the revival of traditional building techniques. Shortlisted projects, which are selected by an independent Master Jury, are located in Afghanistan, Austria, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Thailand and Yemen. The shortlist includes: Maria Grazia Cutuli Primary School, Herat, Afghanistan picture © AKAA / Nazes Afroz Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria photo : Adolf Bereuter Museum of Handcraft Paper, Gaoligong, China photo : Shu He Rehabilitation of Nagaur Fort, Nagaur, Rajasthan, India Mbaru Niang Preservation, Flores Island, Indonesia photo : Raoul Kramer Apartment No.1, Mahallat, Iran photo : Omid Khodapanahi Rehabilitation of Tabriz Bazaar, Tabriz, Iran Reconstruction of Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp, Tripoli, Lebanon Hassan II Bridge, Rabat, Morocco photo : Cemal Emden Mohammed VI Football Academy, Salé, Morocco photo : Cemal Emden Preservation of Sacred and Collective Oasis Sites, Guelmim Region, Morocco Revitalisation of Birzeit Historic Centre, Birzeit, Palestine Umubano Primary School, Kigali, Rwanda Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre, Limpopo, South Africa picture © AKAA / Obie Oberholzer Post-Tsunami Housing, Kirinda, Sri Lanka photo : Shu He Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, Khartoum, Sudan Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Damascus, Syria picture © AKAA / Alhadi Albaridi Kantana Film and Animation Institute, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand photo : Pirak Anurakyawachon The Met Tower, Bangkok, Thailand photo : Patrick Bingham-Hall Thula Fort Restoration, Thula, Yemen Farrokh Derakhshani, the Director of the Award, remarked: “The Master Jury, which includes some of the most prominent architects of our time, made interesting choices this year. For example, they chose schools in Afghanistan and Syria, but they also chose a hospital in Sudan, a high rise in Bangkok and the reconstruction of a refugee camp in Lebanon. In many ways, the choices reflect a central preoccupation of the Award: the impact of buildings and public spaces on the quality of life. Now this seems fairly mainstream, but we must remember that the Aga Khan Award has been talking about 'human scale' and 'sustainability' since 1977”. The Award’s mandate is different from that of many other architecture prizes: it selects projects – from innovative mud and bamboo schools to state of the art “green” high-rises – which not only exhibit architectural excellence but also improve the overall quality of life. Since the Award was launched 36 years ago, over 100 projects have received the award and more than 7,500 building projects have been documented. The shortlisted projects are now being technically reviewed by a select group of architects, urban planners and engineers. The reviews, which emphasise both the impact on the quality of life and architectural excellence, will be submitted in June to the Master Jury for closer evaluation. Five to six finalists will then be selected and announced at a ceremony to be held in Lisbon in September 2013. 22 Nov 2012 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Prize 2013 - Jury Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture MASTER JURY ANNOUNCED FOR 2013 AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE MASTER JURY WILL SELECT RECIPIENTS OF US$ 1 MILLION PRIZE Geneva, 22 November 2012 – 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. photograph © Aga Khan Award for Architecture / Salah Jabeur 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 Merican, Principal Designer and CEO, Group Design Partnership, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Professor Toshiko Mori, Principal, Toshiko Mori Architect, New York City, USA - Ms. Shahzia Sikander, Artist, New York City, USA - Mr. Murat Tabanlioglu, Architect and Founder, Tabanlioglu Architects, Istanbul, Turkey - Mr. Wang Shu, Architect and Founder, Amateur Architecture Studio, Hangzhou, China photograph © Aga Khan Award for Architecture / Arriyadh Development Authority The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established in 1977, is given every three years to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, urban and regional design, conservation and landscape architecture. Through its efforts, the Award seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies in which Muslims have a significant presence. The selection process emphasizes architecture that not only provides for people's physical, social and economic needs, but that also stimulates and responds to their cultural and spiritual expectations. Particular attention is given to building schemes that use local resources and appropriate technology in an innovative way, and to projects likely to inspire similar efforts elsewhere. The Award is currently in its 12th triennial cycle. The Award is governed by a Steering Committee whose current members are: His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman; Mohammad al-Asad (Founder and Chairman of the Center for the Study of the Built Environment, Amman, Jordan); Homi K. Bhabha (Director of the Humanities Center, Harvard University, USA); Norman Foster (Founder and Chairman of Foster + Partners, London); Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj (Architect; Damascus, Syria); Glenn Lowry (Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York); Rahul Mehrotra (Principal of RMA Architects, Mumbai, India); Mohsen Mostafavi (Dean of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA); Farshid Moussavi (Founder, Farshid Moussavi Architecture, London); and Han Tümertekin (Principal of Mimarlar Tasarim Danismanlik Ltd, Istanbul). Farrokh Derakhshani is the Director of the Award. 26 Apr 2012 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Prize Aga Khan Award for Architecture Prize Doubled to US$ 1 Million Geneva, Switzerland, 26 April 2012 - The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, considered by many architects and urban planners to be the most important award for architecture, has announced a doubling of its prize to US$ 1 million. photograph © Aga Khan Award for Architecture / Salah Jabeur On the occasion of the announcement, His Highness the Aga Khan remarked that the doubling of the Award is meant to assist and support the recipients, many of whom are neither well-known nor well-funded. “One of the important aspects of the Award,” he said, “is that winners should be able to reposition their future with the support they get from the Award, both professionally and institutionally.” The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is given every three years to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture. The next prize will be awarded in 2013. Nominations are now being accepted. The nomination period runs until 15 September 2012. The Award seeks projects that represent the broadest possible range of architectural interventions, with particular attention given to building schemes that use local resources and appropriate technology in innovative ways, and those that are likely to inspire similar efforts elsewhere. Projects can be anywhere in the world, but must successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies in which Muslims have a significant presence. In recent cycles, the Award has encouraged the submission of projects which improve public spaces and which tackle the issues of rural societies and communities on the peripheries of urban centres. It has also encouraged exemplary industrial buildings that provide a quality environment for employees. Recent recipients of the Award include well-known architects such as Norman Foster and Cesar Pelli, but also municipalities, master masons and clients. In 2010, the five recipients of the triennial prize were: a school integrated into a bridge in Xiashi, Fujian, China; the Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; the Ipekyol Textile Factory, in Edirne, Turkey; the Madinat al-Zahra Museum, in Cordoba, Spain; and the Revitalisation of the Hypercentre of Tunis, Tunisia. Other projects that have received the Award since its first ceremony in 1980 include a slum networking project in Indore, India; the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris; the Central Market of Koudougou, Burkina Faso; and the National Assembly building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Selections of the award recipients are made by an independent master jury, which is reconstituted for every cycle. The Award process is overseen by a Steering Committee, which includes His Highness the Aga Khan; Mohammad al-Asad (Founder and chairman, Center for the Study of the Built Environment, Amman, Jordan); Homi K. Bhabha (Director of the Humanities Center, Harvard University, USA); Norman Foster (Founder and chairman, Foster + Partners, London); Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj (CEO, Syria Trust for Development, Damascus); Glenn Lowry (Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York); Rahul Mehrotra (Principal, RMA Architects, Mumbai); Mohsen Mostafavi (Dean of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA); Farshid Moussavi (Principal, Farshid Moussavi Architecture, London); and Han Tümertekin (Principal, Mimarlar Tasarim Danismanlik Ltd, Istanbul). Farrokh Derakhshani is the Director of the Award. For more information, please see: www.akdn.org/architecture Aga Khan Award for Architecture The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is part of the Geneva-based Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which has a wide range of activities aimed at the preservation and promotion of the material and spiritual heritage of Muslim societies. Its programmes include the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (HCP), which works to revitalise historic cities in the Muslim world, both culturally and socioeconomically. Over the last decade, it has been engaged in the rehabilitation of historic areas in Cairo, Kabul, Herat, Aleppo, Delhi, Zanzibar, Mostar, northern Pakistan, Timbuktu and Mopti. The Trust also supports the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA) at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as well as www.ArchNet.org, a major online resource on Islamic architecture. Aga Khan Award for Architecture Entry Project submissions are currently open for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture cycle and will be accepted through 15 Sep 2012. Aga Khan Award for Architecture Winners Five Projects Receive 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture; Oleg Grabar Receives Chairman’s Award Doha, 2010 - The five projects selected for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced at a ceremony held at the Museum of Islamic Art. His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani the Emir of Qatar and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser joined His Highness the Aga Khan in presiding over the ceremony. Aga Khan Award for Architecture - information from 2010 in full, extract below The five projects selected for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture by the 2010 Master Jury: Revitalisation of the Hypercentre of Tunis, Tunisia Central Market Building: photograph © Aga Khan Award for Architecture / Salah Jabeur - Saint Vincent de Paul Cathedral - Art Nouveau façade of the Municipal Theatre, by Jean Emile Resplandy, 1902 - Rossini Palace, 1902, restored to its original state Madinat Al-Zahra Museum, Cordoba, Spain photograph © Aga Khan Award for Architecture / Melissa Walsh, Maximillian Jacobson-Gonzalez The tenth-century palace city of Madinat al-Zahra is widely considered to be one of the most significant early Islamic archaeological sites in the world, and the most extensive in Western Europe. Excavations at the site are still ongoing. The museum was conceived as a place to interpret the site and display the archaeological findings, as well as to serve as a training and research centre and the headquarters of the archaeological team. Ipekyol Textile Factory, Edirne, Turkey image : Aga Khan Award for Architecture / Cemal Emden Ipekyol Textile Factory Bridge School, Xiashi, Fujian, China image : Aga Khan Award for Architecture / Li Xiaodong The “Bridge School” bridges the two parts of the small village of Xiashi that lie on either side of a small creek that runs through the village. The structure is created by two steel trusses that span the creek with the space between them housing the functions of the school. Suspended from the structure and running below it is a pedestrian bridge for the people of the village to use. Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia photograph © Aga Khan Award for Architecture / Arriyadh Development Authority Located in the middle of the Najd Plateau of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Wadi Hanifa (or Hanifa valley) is the longest and most important valley near Riyadh, a natural water drainage course for an area of over 4,000 square kilometres and a unique geographical feature in this dry region. Until recently, many segments of the valley had been exploited in an aggressive and environmentally destructive manner. Aga Khan Award for Architecture Winners for 2010 from Aga Khan Award

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