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Aga Khan Award for Architecture Publications

2004: Architecture and Polyphony: Building in the Islamic World Today
View all publicationsThe Award publishes the proceedings of its international and regional seminars as well as cyclical monographs recording the recipients and discussions of each Award cycle. Most Award publications are available in English; some are also published in Arabic, Turkish, French, and Chinese.

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Conserving the documentation of the building projects that have come under consideration has been one of the goals of the Award, and the materials gathered over each three-year Award cycle form the major part of the library and visual collections of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. The visual collections consist of over 350,000 slides, prints and negatives, as well as the special portfolios of Award projects. The library consists of books, information on architects and firms, reports, special case studies, and ongoing subscriptions to architectural periodicals, along with newsletters, bulletins, journals, chronicles and unpublished reports. The library allows interested individuals access to the collections by appointment, and responds to requests for information from external sources.

Current Publications

The Award publishes the proceedings of its international and regional seminars as well as cyclical monographs based on each Award cycle. Most Award publications are available in English; some are also published in Arabic, Turkish, French, and Chinese. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Award Office or visiting our publications page.

The most recent cyclical monograph, “Intervention Architecture: Building for Change”, describes the 2007 award-winning projects and contains essays by leading thinkers and practitioners on the broader themes and issues discussed during the 10th Award cycle. It is available for purchase from the publishers, I.B. Tauris.

The previous cycle's monographs, “Architecture and Polyphony : Building in the Islamic World Today” (2004) and Modernity and Community: Architecture in the Islamic World (2001) are available from Thames & Hudson. The publisher can be contacted by e-mail or by facsimile at (44 171) 845 5050. For information about distribution in North America, please see the WWNorton website.

Many Award publications are available at the ArchNet Digital Library, an on-line resource focusing on architecture, urban design, urban development, and related issues in the Muslim world. The web site is a collaboration between the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Massachuetts Institute of Technology, but many other institutions have contributed to building the database. For more information, visit the ArchNet website.

Master Jury Reports of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

To sort through these publications by year, title and author name, please visit the Archnet Digital Library database.