Sunday, 6 November 2016

Six projects awarded Aga Khan architecture prize

Six projects awarded Aga Khan architecture prize
\AL AIN: A dome-less mos­que designed by a Bangla­deshi woman architect and a Beirut institute by the late Zaha Hadid were among six projects awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture on Sunday.
The prestigious prize was awarded at a ceremony in Al-Ain oasis city, in the United Arab Emirates, to the projects chosen from a list of 348 works.
They will share a prize of $1 million.
“Gone are the dome and the ever-prevalent minarets, the decorative panels of designed relief and calligraphy. In their place stand intricately structured brick walls that imbue the structure within a unique aura of spirituality,” said the jury descri­bing Dhaka’s Bait ur Rouf mosque designed by Marina Tabassum.
As well as Hadid’s Issam Fares Institute at the Ame­rican University of Beirut, the winning projects incl­uded Tehran’s Tabiat Pede­strian Bridge and Copenh­agen’s Superkilen kilometre-long urban park.
November 7th, 2016                                                                 DAWN News

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