Aga Khan Award for Architecture Presentation by Shiraz Allibhai, Deputy Director, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Aga Khan Award for Architecture Presentation by Shiraz Allibhai, Deputy Director, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

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: 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: 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: 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

• 24 October 2016 – Monday, 7:00 pm, Reception and check-in from 6:15 – 6:55 pm
• Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
• Free Event, Open to the Public, No Reservations Needed
• Presented in Partnership with The Aga Khan Council for the Central United States

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is unique among architecture prizes: it selects projects – from slum upgrading to high rise “green” buildings – that not only exhibit architectural excellence but also improve the overall quality of life.

Over the last four decades, AKAA has steadfastly championed the needs and aspirations of human beings within the practice of architecture. The Award is also different because it not only rewards architects but also identifies municipalities, builders, clients, master craftsmen and engineers who have played important roles in the realization of a project.

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.

Through its efforts, the Award seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world and set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture. Over the course of the last 39 years, most of the great architects of our time have either won the Award or served on its Master Jury or Steering Committee, from Zaha Hadid to Norman Foster, Charles Correa to Frank Gehry and Jean Nouvel.

Source:

• dallasarchitectureforum.org/lectures.html
• dma.org/programs/event/aga-khan-award-architecture

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