From Seattle Post-Intelligencer
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A public square in Beirut, a Singapore skyscraper and a renovated ancient city in Yemen were among the nine winners Tuesday of an award aimed at recognizing architectural achievement in areas where Muslims live.
From NY Times
Aga Khan Architectural Awards
A hand-built primary school in Bangladesh and a modern Malaysian university campus designed by Norman Foster were among nine architectural projects in the Muslim world honored yesterday by the Aga Khan with $500,000 in prizes, Agence France-Presse reported. Announced at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, they included Mr. Foster’s design for the University of Technology Petronas and the primary school, which was built in four months by architects, local craftsmen, pupils, parents and teachers combining innovative techniques with traditional materials. Other winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established in 1977 by the spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and bestowed every three years, were the restoration of the city of Shibam in Yemen and the 16th-century Amirya Complex in Rada, Yemen; the Samir Kassir Square in Beirut; the Moulmein Rise Residential high-rise in Singapore; the mud brick Central Market in Koudougou, Burkina Faso; the restoration of the walled city in Nicosia, Cyprus; and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
From Las Vegas Sun
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – A public square in Beirut, a Singapore skyscraper and a renovated ancient city in Yemen were among the nine winners Tuesday of an award aimed at recognizing architectural achievement in areas where Muslims live.
From Cyprus-Mail
Muslim group hands prize to UN’s work on north
THE REHABILITATION of the Walled City of Nicosia is one of nine projects, which on Tuesday won the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
The nine will share the 385,000 euro award given once every three years by the Aga Khan Development Network, a group of agencies that seek to improve living conditions.
The network is headed by Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Shi’ite Ismaili Muslims, a community of 15 million people living in 25 countries.
From Yemen Times
emen received two of nine Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)’s awards handed in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday Sept. 4, 2007. Minister of Culture Dr. Mohammed Al-Muflihi received the two awards, on behalf of Yemen. The first award honors the historic Al-Ameriya Complex in the town of Rada’, and the second recognizes the historic town of Shibam, Hadhramout province, whose architectural characteristics are still intact.
From Topix.net World News
A public square in Beirut, a Singapore skyscraper and a renovated ancient city in Yemen were among the nine winners Tuesday of an award aimed at recognizing architectural achievement in areas where Muslims live.
From The News International Pakistan
Aga Khan
KUALA LUMPUR: Nine architectural projects in the Muslim world, ranging from a mud-brick marketplace to a modern university campus, were honoured by the Aga Khan on Tuesday in the world’s richest architectural awards.
The honours were announced at a ceremony in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, itself a previous winner for its shimmering Petronas Towers, once the world’s tallest building. Winning projects, which share a $500,000 prize, include the University of Technology Petronas in Malaysia designed by Britain’s Norman Foster, and the restoration of the ancient city of Shibam in Yemen.
“The essence of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture is to examine, analyse, understand and try to influence the dynamic of physical change in Islamic societies,” the Aga Khan said ahead of the ceremony. Other winners are the Samir Kassir Square in Beirut, a striking minimalist space featuring a reflecting pool, stone bench and wooden decking centred on two historic ficus trees.
From International Herald Tribune
A public square in Beirut, a skyscraper in Singapore and a renovated ancient city in Yemen are among the nine winners of the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which celebrate the mundane to the magnificent around the globe.
The nine winning projects, announced Tuesday, will share the US$500,000 (€385,000) award given once every three years by the Aga Khan Development Network, a group of agencies that seek to improve living conditions in poor countries.
From Forbes.com
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia –
A public square in Beirut, a Singapore skyscraper and a renovated ancient city in Yemen were among the nine winners Tuesday of an award aimed at recognizing architectural achievement in areas where Muslims live.
From Channel News Asia
KUALA LUMPUR : One of the world’s top architectural awards have been presented to nine projects this year at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.
The 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture aims to promote building concepts that address the needs of Muslim societies.
From Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR – A SINGAPORE condominium, 1 Moulmein Rise, is among the nine winners of the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which celebrate the mundane to the magnificent around the globe.
The nine winning projects, announced on Tuesday, will share the US$500,000 (S$762,000) award given once every three years by the Aga Khan Development Network, a group of agencies that seek to improve living conditions in poor countries.
The network is headed by Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, a community of 15 million people living in 25 countries.
From The Edge Daily
KUALA LUMPUR: Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, is among the nine recipients of the 2005-2007 (10th cycle) Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA).
According to the jury of the Award, the university project was selected for its emblematic high-tech architecture and high standards of architectural excellence while reflecting the values of its specific environment as a scientific university in a rapidly developing nation.
From Architectural Record (with excellent slide show)
The nine projects that won the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, announced yesterday, range from a sustainable residential tower in Singapore, to a village school hand-built by local craftspeople in Dinajpur, Bangladesh.
Pictures of Award winners from another Malaysian Newspaper.
From Gulf Times:
This undated handout photo released on Tuesday by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture shows the School of Rudrapur in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Nine architectural projects in the Muslim world, ranging from a mud-brick marketplace to a modern university campus, were honoured by the Aga Khan in the world’s richest architectural awards.
Some excellent pictures of the winner entries at Jill Fehrenbacher’s Inhabitat
From Five Foot Way Magazine. FFW Magazine was founded as a platform for the exploration and discourse of Asian architecture.
From BDOnline – The Architect’s Website.
From Deccan Herald
The Aga Khan presented his coveted architecture prize to nine projects during ceremonies held at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The projects involved rescue of heritage sites, enhancement of contemporary habitat and innovative design. The Aga Khan told Deccan Herald that all this year’s winners feature either traditional materials or technologies and pointed out that his Foundation is now focusing on “area development” rather than single buildings with the aim of improving the lives of entire communities.
From Middle East Business Resource.
From Architecture Week
From Iran’s Press TV
From NDTV.com
From the American Institute of Architecture
Ismailimail 
hmm…..nice articles to read about Aga Khan Award…:)
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Dear Mohamad, glad to see the pictures on your site, it must have been excellent attending this award ceremony? I really liked what you said at your blog:
“I remembered the late Tan Sri Azizan who mooted the project once asked, “What it takes to win a Aga Khan Award”. Now his dream has came a reality… I strongly believe in the power of dream… So don’t waste your time continue have big dream and set high goal to reach your dream. Insyallah if you strongly believe you will achieve it….You will achieve it one day… The only thing is you have to do is have clear objective, stay focus and be positive.”
Mashallah.
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Newspaper coverage (scanned pictures) via this blog.
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