Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Superkilen, Copenhagen, Denmark – The parallel, yet diverging, white stripes are meant to curate movement of people on site around and towards objects. AKTC / Kristian Skeie

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, Tehran, Iran – The structural concept resulted in a dynamic three dimensional truss with two continuous deck levels; this provided a lower level which is covered and therefore usable in all seasons. AKTC / Barzin Baharlouie

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Issam Fares Institute, Beirut, Lebanon – The design reduces the building’s footprint by “floating” a reading room, a workshop conference room and research spaces above the entrance courtyard in the form of a 21-meters-long cantilever in order to preserve the existing landscape. AKTC / Cemal Emden

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Hutong Children’s Library and Art Centre, Beijing, China – By inserting an outdoor staircase alongside each structure, the architect created viewing platforms to survey the neighbourhood while enjoying a breath of rare chlorophyll-laced air within the tree’s branches. AKTC / Wang Ziling, ZAO, standardarchitecture

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Friendship Centre, Gaibandha, Bangladesh. Located in rural Gaibandha where agriculture is predominant, the project’s roofscape merges with its environment. AKTC / Rajesh Vora

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh – Apart from being the spiritual centre for the residents, the mosque became a community centre, a place to gather, a place that was orderly, clean, and filled with light and good ventilation. AKTC / Rajesh Vora

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 3 October 2016 – The winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced today in a ceremony in Abu Dhabi. The venue for the winners’ ceremony, the Al Jahili fort in Al-Ain, was also announced by His Excellency Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport and a member of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi.

The prize, which is given every three years, is considered to be one of the most important awards in the field. It was established by the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully addressed the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence.

During 2016, an independent Master Jury selected a shortlist of 19 projects, which was announced on 9 May 2016, from among 348 nominations. Each of the shortlisted projects was rigorously investigated by architects, conservation specialists or structural engineers. Their reports are the basis for the Master Jury’s selection of the eventual winners.

6 Winners

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh – Apart from being the spiritual centre for the residents, the mosque became a community centre, a place to gather, a place that was orderly, clean, and filled with light and good ventilation. AKTC / Rajesh Vora

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Friendship Centre, Gaibandha, Bangladesh. Located in rural Gaibandha where agriculture is predominant, the project’s roofscape merges with its environment. AKTC / Rajesh Vora

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Hutong Children’s Library and Art Centre, Beijing, China – By inserting an outdoor staircase alongside each structure, the architect created viewing platforms to survey the neighbourhood while enjoying a breath of rare chlorophyll-laced air within the tree’s branches. AKTC / Wang Ziling, ZAO, standardarchitecture

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Superkilen, Copenhagen, Denmark – The parallel, yet diverging, white stripes are meant to curate movement of people on site around and towards objects. AKTC / Kristian Skeie

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, Tehran, Iran – The structural concept resulted in a dynamic three dimensional truss with two continuous deck levels; this provided a lower level which is covered and therefore usable in all seasons. AKTC / Barzin Baharlouie

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Issam Fares Institute, Beirut, Lebanon – The design reduces the building’s footprint by “floating” a reading room, a workshop conference room and research spaces above the entrance courtyard in the form of a 21-meters-long cantilever in order to preserve the existing landscape. AKTC / Cemal Emden

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Source: www.akdn.org/press-release/2016-aga-khan-award-architecture-recipients-announced

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