By CHIN MUI YOON
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture celebrated its 30th anniversary in Kuala Lumpur for the first time on Tuesday. While it is the largest architectural award in the world, its uniqueness lies in its promotion of the spirit of architecture as a catalyst for positive change that fosters dialogue and thought.
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The Rehabilitation of the Walled City in Nicosia is an exemplary case of what has been termed “intervention architecture”, which lies at the heart of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Now that’s a dramatic term for a field of expertise concerned with designing physical structures and spaces for us to live, work, learn and play in.
Intervention suggests affirmative action; of mediation and of getting involved in a manner architects are not readily known for.
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