Aga Khan Award for Architecture

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement, restoration, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment. It is presented in three-year cycles to multiple projects and has a monetary award, with prizes totalling up to US$ 500,000. Uniquely among architectural awards, it recognizes projects, teams, and stakeholders in addition to buildings and people.

The award is associated with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).

The 11th Award cycle runs from 2008-2010. Submission of projects for consideration is open to all. The deadline for submission is 15 October 2009.

First (1978-1980)

• Kampung Improvement Programme (Jakarta, Indonesia)
• Pondok Pesantren Pabelan (Central Java, Indonesia)
• Ertegün House, (Bodrum, Turkey)
• Turkish Historical Society (Ankara, Turkey)
• Mughal Sheraton Hotel (Agra, India)
• Conservation of Sidi Bou Saïd (Tunis, Tunisia)
• Rüstem Pasa Caravanserai (Edirne, Turkey)
• National Museum (Doha, Qatar)
• Ali Qapu, Chehel Sutun, and Hasht Behesht (Isfahan, Iran)
• Halawa House (Agamy, Egypt)
• Medical Centre (Mopti, Mali)
• Courtyard Houses (Agadir, Morocco)
• Water Towers (Kuwait City, Kuwait)
• Intercontinental Hotel and Conference Centre (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
• Agricultural Training Centre (Nianing, Senegal)

Second (1981-1983)

• Great Mosque (Niono, Mali)
• Šerefudin’s White Mosque (Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Ramses Wissa Wassef Arts Centre (Giza, Egypt)
• Nail Çakirhan Residence (Akyaka Village, Muğla, Turkey)
• Hafsia Quarter I (Tunis, Tunisia)
• Tanjong Jara Beach Hotel and Rantau Abang Visitors’ Centre (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia)
• Résidence Andalous (Sousse, Tunisia)
• Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
• Tomb of Shah Rukn-i-’Alam (Multan, Pakistan)
• Darb Qirmiz Quarter (Cairo, Egypt)
• Azem Palace (Damascus, Syria)

Third (1984-1986)

Award recipients:

• Social Security Complex (Istanbul, Turkey)
• Dar Lamane Housing (Casablanca, Morocco)
• Conservation of Mostar Old Town (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Noble Sanctuary (Jerusalem)
• Yaama Mosque (Yaama, Tahoua, Niger)
• Bhong Mosque (Bhong, Rahim-Yar Khan, Pakistan)

Honourable mentions:

• Shushtar New Town (Shushtar, Iran)
• Kampung Kebalen Improvement (Surabaya, Indonesia)
• Ismaïliyya Development Projects (Ismaïlia, Egypt)
• Saïd Naum Mosque (Jakarta, Indonesia)
• Historic Sites Development (Istanbul, Turkey)

Fourth (1987-1989)

• Great Omari Mosque (Sidon, Lebanon)
• Rehabilitation of Asilah (Asilah, Morocco)
• Grameen Bank Housing Programme (various locations in Bangladesh)
• Citra Niaga Urban Development (Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia)
• Gürel Family Summer Residence (Çanakkale, Turkey)
• Hayy Assafarat Landscaping and al-Kindi Plaza (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
• Sidi el-Aloui Primary School (Tunis, Tunisia
• Corniche Mosque (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
• National Assembly Building (Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
• Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris, France)

Fifth (1990-1992)

• Kairouan Conservation Programme (Kairouan, Tunisia)
• Palace Parks Programme (Istanbul, Turkey)
• Cultural Park for Children (Cairo, Egypt)
• East Wahdat Upgrading Programme (Amman, Jordan)
• Kampung Kali Cho-de (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
• Stone Building System (Daraa Governorate, Syria)
• Demir Holiday Village (Bodrum, Turkey)
• Pan African Institute for Development (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
• Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (Ahmedabad, India)

Sixth (1993-1995)

• Restoration of Bukhara Old City (Bukhara, Uzbekistan)
• Conservation of Old San’a’ (San’a', Yemen)
• Hafsia Quarter II (Tunis, Tunisia)
• Khuda-ki-Basti Incremental Development Scheme (Hyderabad, Pakistan)
• Aranya Community Housing (Indore, India)
• Great Mosque and Redevelopment of the Old City Centre (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
• Menara Mesiniaga (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Kaédi Regional Hospital (Kaedi, Mauritania)
• Mosque of the Grand National Assembly (Ankara, Turkey)
• Alliance Franco-Sénégalaise (Kaolack, Senegal)
• Re-Forestation Programme of the Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey)
• Landscaping Integration of the Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Cengkareng, Indonesia)

Seventh (1996-1998)

• Rehabilitation of Hebron Old Town
• Slum Networking of Indore (Indore, India)
• Lepers Hospital (Chopda Taluka, India)
• Salinger Residence (Selangor, Malaysia)
• Tuwaiq Palace (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
• Alhamra Arts Council (Lahore, Pakistan)
• Vidhan Bhavan (Bhopal, India)

Eighth (1999-2001)

• New Life for Old Structures (various locations, Iran)
• Aït Iktel (Abadou, Morocco)
• Kahere Eila Poultry Farming School (Koliagbe, Guinea)
• Nubian Museum (Aswan, Egypt)
• SOS Children’s Village (Aqaba, Jordan)
• Olbia Social Centre (Antalya, Turkey)
• Bagh-e-Ferdowsi (Tehran, Iran)
• Datai Hotel (Langkawi, Malaysia)

Ninth (2002-2004)

• Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Alexandria, Egypt)
• Primary School (Gando, Burkina Faso)
• Sandbag Shelter Prototypes (various locations)
• Restoration of Al-Abbas Mosque (Asnaf, Yemen)
• Old City of Jerusalem Revitalisation Programme (Jerusalem)
• B2 House, Ayvacik, Turkey)
• Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Tenth (2005-2007)

• Samir Kassir Square (Beirut, Lebanon
• Rehabilitation of the City of Shibam (Shibam, Yemen)
• Central Market (Koudougou, Burkina Faso)
• University of Technology Petronas (Bandar Seri Iskandar, Malaysia)
• Restoration of the Amiriya Complex (Rada, Yemen)
• Moulmein Rise Residential Tower (Singapore)
• Royal Netherlands Embassy (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
• Rehabilitation of the Walled City (Nicosia, Cyprus)
• School in Rudrapur (Dinajpur, Bangladesh)

Tenth (2008-2010)

The 11th Award cycle runs from 2008-2010. Submission of projects for consideration is open to all. The deadline for submission is 15 October 2009.

Links

• http://www.akdn.org

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