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Nine Projects Receive 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
His Highness the Aga Khan announced the nine recipients of the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Founded in 1977, the Award marked 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.
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