Model of Individual Human Development to the Fullest Potential – Based on the Qur’anic Concept of Human Being
Author: Arif Ali
Arif lives miles away from the crowded city of Chicago. He has interest in technology, spirituality, religion, psychology and community. Find him somewhat engaged on Twitter.
A new forum of Ismaili knowledge-seekers has recently been launched with hopes of stand-out speakers highlighting each on-line event every quarter.
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“There were so many contributions over a millennium that it’s impossible to pick just a few.”
Understanding other religions is fundamental to citizenship | aeon Becoming literate is a predicate of…
Too many of our problems boil down to “us” versus “them.” A short, educational video,…
Arif Ali, Chicago, December 26, 2016: Following is a presentation on the history and community…
In European antiquity, philosophers largely wrote in Greek. Even after the Roman conquest of the…
The renowned French architect Jean Nouvel begins his ambitious projects with small, sparse sketches that…
Archaeologists have found more than 40 vessels in the Black Sea, some more than a…
Excerpt…When I teach my class, the only thing students tend to know about the Aztecs…
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Award Steering Committee His Highness the Aga…
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 AWARD MASTER JURY Suad Amiry is a…
Architect: Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury/URBANA – Client: Friendship NGO Project Gallery Project description The centre…
Architect: Marina Tabassum Architects – Client: Sufia Khatun Project Gallery Project description An adherence…
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Hutong Children’s Library and Art Centre Beijing, China
Architect: ZAO/standardarchitecture – Client: Dashilar Investment Project Gallery Project description The hutongs of Beijing…
![[WIP] Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winner: Superkilen, Copenhagen, Denmark](https://ismailimail.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/4217_den_ks_18f.jpg?w=730&h=555&crop=1)
Architect: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Superflex, Topotek 1 – Client: Copenhagen Municipality Project Gallery Project…
Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge spans a busy highway to connect two parks in a city with a very dense urban fabric
‘This building asserts confidently that we are not a university that stays rooted in time and place;
This week, the 2014-2016 Award cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) announced…
The Floating School is a prototype structure whose main aim is to generate an alternative building system and urban culture for the populations of Africa’s coastal regions. The triangular A-frame or pyramid
Creating a small and low budget apartment building in Tehran does not leave much space for creativity, yet an architect can try to do something with the material, textures, outer envelope and light.
In an increasingly dense neighbourhood of Dhaka, the Bait Ur Rouf Mosque was raised on a plinth on a site axis creating a 13-degree angle with the qibla direction, which called for creativity with the layout.
A series of public libraries for disadvantaged youth in rural areas. “The idea is that books are a source of knowledge just like water is the source of life,” says the architect.
Take this short quiz and see how much you know about this year’s nominated projects…
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