Event – November 9 – 16 | Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan | Exhibition: Architecture is Life

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, in collaboration with the Aga Khan University,presents Architecture is Life – 2014 Aga Khan Award for Architecture – an exhibition open for the public.

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This exhibition includes the winners of the 2014 Aga Khan Award for Architecture as well as the 15 other projects that were short-listed as nominees for the Award. It also offers an overview of the Award and how it seeks to have a positive impact on the built environment.

EVENT: Aga Khan Architecture Exhibition
DATE: Sunday, November 9th, 2014 to Sunday, November 16th, 2014
TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Local (Karachi) Time
VENUE: The Aga Khan University (AKU), Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan – AKU Sports and Rehabilitation Centre

 

Via  Architecture is Life​

About Aga Khan Award for Architecture

 

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is given every three years to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture. Through its efforts, the Award seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world, in which Muslims have a significant presence.

The selection process emphasizes architecture that not only provides for people’s physical, social and economic needs, but that also stimulates and responds to their cultural expectations. Particular attention is given to building schemes that use local resources and appropriate technology in innovative ways, and to projects likely to inspire similar efforts elsewhere.

The Award is governed by a steering committee chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan. A new committee is constituted each cycle to establish the eligibility criteria for project submissions, provide thematic direction in response to emerging priorities and issues, and to develop plans for the future of the Award. The steering committee is responsible for the selection and appointment of the master jury for each Award cycle, and for the Award’s programme of international seminars, lectures, exhibitions and publications.

The twelfth triennial cycle of the Award runs from 2011-2013. The current prize fund totals US$ 1,000,000 and is presented to projects selected by an independent master jury. The Award has completed eleven cycles of activity since 1977, and documentation has been compiled on over 8,000 building projects throughout the world. To date, the master juries have selected 105 projects to receive the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

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