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On 4 September 2007, at a ceremony to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , His Highness the Aga Khan will announce the nine recipients of the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Founded in 1977, the Award marks its 30th anniversary this year, and the completion of the 10th cycle of the programme.
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture has a triennial prize fund of US$ 500,000, making it the world’s largest architectural award. The rigor of its nomination and selection process has also made it, in the eyes of many observers, the world’s most important architectural prize. Awarded projects have ranged from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur to a primary school in Bangladesh.
“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,” His Highness the Aga Khan has remarked. “Our attempt and aspiration is to try to have the humility, but also the competence, to understand what is happening and to seek to influence it so that future generations can live in a better environment.”
During the current cycle of the Award, 343 projects were presented for consideration, and 27 were reviewed on site by international experts. An independent Master Jury selected nine Award recipients that are notable for having attained the highest standards of architectural excellence while reflecting the values of their specific environments.
 Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Associates receives his 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his prize winning design for the University of Technology Petronas in Malaysia. |
The nine projects selected by the 2007 Award Master Jury are:
Samir Kassir Square, Beirut, Lebanon
Rehabilitation of the City of Shibam, Yemen
Central Market, Koudougou, Burkina Faso
University of Technology Petronas, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Malaysia
Restoration of the Amiriya Complex, Rada, Yemen
Moulmein Rise Residential Tower, Singapore
Royal Netherlands Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Rehabilitation of the Walled City, Nicosia, Cyprus
School in Rudrapur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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