The five projects selected for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced at a ceremony held at the Museum of Islamic Art today. His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani the Emir of Qatar and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser joined His Highness the Aga Khan in presiding over the ceremony.

The five projects selected by the 2010 Master Jury are.-

    * Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    * Revitalisation of the Hypercentre of Tunis, Tunisia
    * Madinat Al-Zahra Museum, Cordoba, Spain
    * Ipekyol Textile Factory, Edirne, Turkey
    * Bridge School, Xiashi, Fujian, China.

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 where Muslims have a significant presence. The Award is given every three years and recognises all types of building projects that affect today’s built environment, from modest, small-scale projects to sizable complexes. All form of planning practices on the urban and regional scales are encouraged, such as infrastructure and transportation undertakings; development in rural landscapes; housing initiatives; industrial facilities and workplaces; educational and health campuses; new towns, urban conservation and the re-use of brown field sites.

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Published on: December 1, 2010
Cite: "AGA KHAN Award for Architecture" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/aga-khan-award-architecture> ISSN 1139-6415
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