Ummah Cum Laude – Remapping The World | canadianarchitect.com

From Canadian Architect – Text Ian Chodikoff

Through The Leadership Of The Aga Khan, An Ambitious 17-Acre Redevelopment In Suburban Toronto Will Bring Two Global Cultural Institutions To Canada Supporting Art And Culture In The Ummah, Or Muslim Diaspora.; As A Jury Member For The 2007 Aga Khan Award For Architecture, Architect And Professor Brigitte Shim Discusses The Importance Of This Unique Awards Program.

UMMAH CUM LAUDE Through The Leadership Of The Aga Khan, An Ambitious 17-Acre Redevelopment In Suburban Toronto Will Bring Two Global Cultural Institutions To Canada Supporting Art And Culture In The Ummah, Or Muslim Diaspora. An Axonometric Rendering Of Wynford Park Illustrating The Proposed Ismaili Centre And Jamatkhana.	Top A View Of The Terraced Vladimir Djurovic-Designed Landscape.
A View Toward The New Ismaili Centre, Designed By Charles Correa.	Holding Extensive Collections Of Muslim Art And Culture, The Fumihiko Maki-Designed Aga Khan Museum Will Be The First Facility Of Its Kind In North America.

Atop a hill overlooking the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) in Toronto’s Don Mills suburb, construction is about to begin on an important cultural precinct. Funded by His Highness the Aga Khan, two significant cultural institutions will stand on the former site of a late-Modernist office building. One will help support Toronto’s 40,000 Ismaili Muslims, while the other will comprise a museum whose mission it is to improve cultural understanding of the Muslim world.

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