“It’s a very important evening in my life because it’s a recognition of an art form that which I believe needs global recognition, needs global attention, needs the best brains that we can mobilize, to improve the human habitat for decades and decades ahead.
Thank you for this wonderful award.”
– His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan
On May 18, 2017, The Architectural League of New York presented its President’s Medal to His Highness the Aga Khan on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The President’s Medal is The Architectural League’s highest honor and is bestowed, at the discretion of the League’s President and Board of Directors, to recognize an extraordinary body of work in architecture, urbanism, art, or design.
The Medal was presented to His Highness at a dinner at the Metropolitan Club for 330 guests, including members of his family: Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Prince Hussain Aga Khan and Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan.
Humanities scholar Homi K. Bhabha, city planner Amanda M. Burden, and architect Diébédo Francis Kéré celebrated His Highness the Aga Khan with remarks.
“The Architectural League presents its President’s Medal to His Highness the Aga Khan with profound gratitude and humility.
We are grateful for the extraordinary work of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the recognition, scholarship, and investment it has catalyzed and supported, which has raised the quality of urban and rural environments around the world.
We are humbled by His Highness’s belief in the power of architecture to elevate human experience.
His Highness has demonstrated the capacity for architecture to be encompassing and inclusive, through his probing search to conceive anew the nature of cultural identity and continuity, his openness to innovation and experimentation, and his unwavering commitment to pluralism as a foundational principle of human community.
By acknowledging not only the complexity and imperfection of the world we have created, but also its potential, His Highness the Aga Khan has set a magnificent example of stewardship and hope.”
– Billie Tsien, League President
Read the complete report at The Architectural League of New York | Special Events | President’s Medal 2017: His Highness the Aga Khan
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Research, Insight & Perspective by A. Maherali
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Ismailimail 
Congratulations to the Aga Khan on receiving this wonderful medal, today he is in all kinds of fields, architecture,
music, arts, building hospitals, schools, universities and much more around the world for the benefit of all. His work has increased 100 fold, and i pray for his excellent health to continue his unchallenged work in the world.
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