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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 or regional design, conservation and landscape architecture. For more information about the Award, please see the Introduction.

For information about the current Steering Committee and Master Jury, please see the Steering Committee page and the Master Jury Press Release.

Please note that the nomination period for the 11th Cycle was closed on 15 October 2009. For information on the submission process for the next cycle, please see Submissions.

 

News Archives

Aga Khan Award for Architecture Announces Master Jury for 2010
08 January 2010 - The members of the Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which selects the recipients of the Award, were announced.

Building a Global Community
01 May 2008 - In many architecture departments in the developing world, resources for the teaching of architecture were once severely limited. A single professor was usually the guardian of important publications and a few hundred slides. Duplication was prohibitively costly. Access to images – critical for students of architecture – was an obstacle to the improvement of architectural education.

University of Technology Petronas, Bandar Seri, Iskandar, Malaysia
15 April 2009 - The University of Technology Petronas' prototypical built configuration is a contemporary reinterpretation of the classic metaphor for tropical architecture.

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Introduction

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 organized on the basis of a three-year cycle and is governed by a Steering Committee chaired by the Aga Khan. A new Committee is constituted each cycle to establish the current eligibility criteria for the projects, to provide thematic direction in response to the priorities and issues that have emerged during the recent past, and to develop plans for the cyclical and long-term future of the Award. The Steering Committee is responsible for the selection of the Master Jury appointed for each Award cycle, and for the programmes of such activities as seminars and field visits, the Award Presentation Ceremony Events, publications and exhibitions.

Prizes totalling up to US$ 500,000 are presented every three years to projects selected by an independent master jury. The award has completed ten cycles of activity since 1977, and documentation has been compiled on over 7,500 building projects located throughout the world. To date, 100 projects have received the award - for more information, please see Previous Award Cycles. The 11th Award cycle covers the period from 2008 to 2010.

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