The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1983

Description

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage excellence in architecture and other forms of intervention in the built environment of societies with Muslim presence. The award is given every three years and recognizes all types of building projects that affect today’s built environment. Smaller projects are given equal consideration as large-scale buildings.

CONTENTS

• The Great Mosque of Niono / Niono, Mali, completed 1973
• Sherefudin’s White Mosque / Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, completed 1980
• Rames Wissa Wassef Arts Centre / Giza, Egypt, completed 1974
• Nail Cakirhan Residence / Akyaka Village, Turkey, completed 1971
• Hafsia Quarter / Medina of Tunis, Tunisia, completed 1977
• Tanjong Jara Beach Hotel/Rantau Abang Visitors’ Centre / Kuala Trengganu, Malaysia, completed 1980
• Residence Andalous / Sousse, Tunisia, completed 1980
• The Hajj Terminal / King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, completed 1981-82
• The Tomb of Shah Rukn-i-‘Alam / Multan, Pakistan, completed 1977
• Darb Qirmiz Quarter / Cairo, Egypt, Phase I completed 1980
• Azem Palace / Damascus, Syria, completed 1955
• Translations French, Arabic

96 pages / 21 x 30 cm / English