Aga Khan Award For Architechture Announces Master Jury For 2007

 

 

 

 

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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, and founder and Chairman of the Aga KhanDevelopment Network, to enhance the understanding and appreciation of Islamic culture as expressed through architecture. It is the world’s largest architectural award, with prizes totalling up to $ 500,000 presented every three years to projects selected by an independent Master Jury.

2007 will mark the 30th anniversary since the Aga Khan founded the Award in 1977, and the completion of its tenth triennial cycle of activity.

The Award is governed by a Steering Committee whose members for 2007 are: His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman; Omar Akbar, Executive Director, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau; Jacques Herzog, Partner, Herzog & de Meuron Architects, Basel; Glenn Lowry, Director, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca; Farshid Moussavi, Partner, Foreign Office Architects, London; Hani Rashid, Partner, Asymptote Architecture, New York City; Modjtaba Sadria, Professor of Cross-Cultural Relations and East Asian Studies, Chuo University, Tokyo; and Billie Tsien, Partner, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, New York City. Farrokh Derakhshani is the Director of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.