Building For Islam will be showing on:
Saturdays at 1430 GMT – Starting Saturday 15th September
Repeated: Saturdays at 2130, Sundays at 0430 & 0930 and Mondays at 0130 (Not Asia or ME) GMT
Building For Islam takes a close look at the finalists of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, recognising architectural excellence throughout the Islamic world: some ancient; some modern; some utilitarian; and all unique.
This four-part series takes an exclusive access-all-areas look behind the scenes at the nominees as the world’s biggest architectural prize decides what’s in and what’s not in the Islamic architectural world.
Some five hundred mud brick skyscrapers, eight stories high appear mirage like on the desertified Yemeni landscape. They are a sight to behold. This is the historic city of Shibam, the Manhattan of the Desert, where despite several flooding and erosion, some buildings date back 300 years and the site of vital efforts being made in order to preserve this idiosyncratic fragile metropolis for future generations.
Shibam is one of a select number of eye-catching and ofetn breathtaking Islamic architectural projects, which have been shortlisted for the finals of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
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I just watched the first of four parts of this series and I must say that I was very impressed! The first half of the first show described the AKAA and included comments from the Aga Khan, Lord Norman Foster and others. The AKAA was expressed as an award unto itself – with no competitors. Lord Norman Foster’s comments were very precise and complimentary in this regard. The intricacies of the process and technical reviews were also shared in sound and picture.
The second half of the show then went on to the ceremony itself, and the awarding of the winners. It thoughtfully and descriptively covered the first two of nine, with the rest following along in the upcoming shows.
I highly recommend people to watch this series, and to find a way to start with this first episode. I believe it is being re-run later today and on Sunday, so there is still a chance to catch it!
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Are there any plans to salvage what remains of the Ismaili cultural heritage in the Lamu archipelago of Kenya.The rate at which the traces of the existance of the Ismaili community is being whiped out is alarming and propably needs to be addressed .Also note that Lamu has recently been nominated as a World Heritage Site,mostly for its outstanding Swahili architecture .the contributions of the Ismaili community towards the development of the islands architecture must therefore be acknowledged especially noting that one of the most imposing structures on the lamu towns water front is a revival of what used to be the Lamu Jamathkhana
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