By Lizzie Crook | 30 August 2019
A bamboo preschool, a Palestinian museum and a nature reserve built on an old rubbish dump are among the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners.
Arcadia Education Project, Bangladesh, by Saif Ul Haque Sthapati , Photo by Sanndro di Carlo Darsa. The Muslim Times has the best collection to overcome sectarian divide among the Muslims
The six winning projects of the award were selected from a shortlist of 20 buildings from 16 countries, which was revealed in April of this year.
Alongside the Arcadia Education Project by Saif Ul Haque Sthapati, the Palestinian Museum by Heneghan Peng Architects and Wasit Wetland Centre by X-Architects, the three other winning projects are the Revitalisation Of Muharraq in Bahrain, the Public Spaces Development Programme in Tatrstan and Alioune Diop University Teaching and Research Unit by IDOM.
Palestinian Museum, Palestine, by Heneghan Peng Architects. Photo by Cemal Emden
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is a triennial award established in 1977 to celebrate architectural projects that “successfully address the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence”.
This year marks the fourteenth cycle of the programme, with winners chosen by a committee including David Chipperfield, Elizabeth Diller, David Adjaye, headed by Aga Khan – a Muslim spiritual leader.
The winners will each be awarded a share of a $1 million (£774,000) jackpot, which makes it one of the most lucrative architecture prizes in the world.
Categories: Architecture, Asia, Europe, Islam, Sectarianism
In the religious education field the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at is outstanding, also with their outlets such as http://www.mta.tv and http://www.alislam.org. In the Humanitarian Field (and economic field) however, we could all learn something from the Aga Khan Development Network and related activities.
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