aga khan award for architecture announces 2016 shortlist
(above) royal academy for nature conservation, um al-yanabea (architect: khammash architects)
image © AKTC / cemal emden

 

 

 

the 19 shortlisted projects for the 2016 aga khan award for architecture have been announced. the schemes were selected by the master jury from a total of 348 nominated for the 13th cycle of the award. the aga khan award for architecture was established by the aga khan in 1977 to recognize examples of architectural excellence in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, historic preservation, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment. the 19 projects are now undergoing rigorous investigations by on-site reviewers — architects, conservation specialists or structural engineers themselves — who visit and evaluate each project first-hand. the projects competing for $1 million USD in prize money are as follows:

 

azerbaijan: new power station, baku (architect: erginoğlu & çalışlar architects)

 

bangladesh: bait ur rouf mosque, dhaka (architect: marina tabassum); friendship centre, gaibandha (architect: URBANA / kashef mahboob chowdhury)

 

china: micro yuan’er, beijing (architect: ZAO/standardarchitecture / zhang ke)

 

denmark: superkilen, copenhagen (architect: BIG — bjarke ingels group)

 

iran: manouchehri house, kashan (architect: akbar helli, shahnaz nader); tabiat pedestrian bridge, tehran (architect: diba tensile architecture / leila araghian, alireza behzadi); 40 knots house, tehran (architect: habibeh madjdabadi, alireza mashhadi mirza)

 

jordan: royal academy for nature conservation, um al-yanabea (architect: khammash architects)

 

kosovo: bunateka libraries, various locations (architect: bujar nrecaj architects)

 

lebanon: issam fares institute, beirut (architect: zaha hadid architects)

 

morocco: guelmim school of technology, guelmim (architect: saad el kabbaj, driss kettani, mohamed amine siana); casa-port new railway station, casablanca (architect: AREP and groupe 3 architectes)

 

nigeria: makoko floating school, lagos (architect: NLÉ – shaping the architecture of developing cities / kunlé adeyemi)

 

qatar: doha tower, doha (architect: ateliers jean nouvel)

 

saudi arabia: king fahad national library, riyadh (architect: gerber architekten international)

 

senegal: thread: artist residency and cultural center, sinthian (architect: toshiko mori architects)

 

spain: nasrid tower restoration, huercal-overa (architect: castillo miras arquitectos); ceuta public library, ceuta (architect: paredes pedrosa arquitectos)

 

 

aga khan award for architecture 2016 shortlist introductory film
video courtesy of aga khan development network (AKDN)

new power station, baku (architect: erginoğlu & çalışlar architects)
image © AKTC / cemal emden

bait ur rouf mosque, dhaka (architect: marina tabassum)
image © AKTC / hassan saifuddin chandan

friendship centre, gaibandha (architect: URBANA / kashef mahboob chowdhury)
image © AKTC / eric chenal

micro yuan’er, beijing (architect: ZAO/standardarchitecture / zhang ke)
image © designboom / see more of the project on designboom here

superkilen, copenhagen (architect: BIG — bjarke ingels group)
image © AKTC / kristian skeie / see more of the project on designboom here

manouchehri house, kashan (architect: akbar helli, shahnaz nader)
image © AKTC / abbas fallahkar

tabiat pedestrian bridge, tehran (architect: diba tensile architecture / leila araghian, alireza behzadi)
image © AKTC / mohammad hassan ettefagh

40 knots house, tehran (architect: habibeh madjdabadi, alireza mashhadi mirza)
image © AKTC / mohammad hassan ettefagh

royal academy for nature conservation, um al-yanabea (architect: khammash architects)
image © AKTC / cemal emden

bunateka libraries, various locations (architect: bujar nrecaj architects)
image © AKTC / cemal emden

issam fares institute, beirut (architect: zaha hadid architects)
image © AKTC / cemal emden / see more of the project on designboom here

guelmim school of technology, guelmim (architect: saad el kabbaj, driss kettani, mohamed amine siana)
image © AKAA / fernando guerra

casa-port new railway station, casablanca (architect: AREP and groupe 3 architectes)
image © AKAA / AREP / didier boy de la tour

makoko floating school, lagos (architect: NLÉ – shaping the architecture of developing cities / kunlé adeyemi)
image © AKTC / NLÉ / see more of the project on designboom here

doha tower, doha (architect: ateliers jean nouvel)
image © AKTC / cemal emden / see more of the project on designboom here

king fahad national library, riyadh (architect: gerber architekten international)
image © AKTC / cemal emden / see more of the project on designboom here

thread: artist residency and cultural center, sinthian (architect: toshiko mori architects)
image © AKTC / dev TV

nasrid tower restoration, huercal-overa (architect: castillo miras arquitectos)
image © AKTC

ceuta public library, ceuta (architect: paredes pedrosa arquitectos)
image © AKTC / cemal emden