Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Malaysia – More Media Pictures

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Recipients pose for a group photograph with (foreground L-R) the Aga Khan, wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Jeanne Abdullah, and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the conclusion of the awards ceremony for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Kuala Lumpur, 04 September 2007. Nine architectural projects in the Muslim world, ranging from a mud-brick marketplace to a modern university campus, were honoured by the Aga Khan 04 September in the world’s richest architectural awards. AFP PHOTO/TENGKU BAHAR (Photo credit should read TENGKU BAHAR/AFP/Getty Images)

(Foreground L-R) The Aga Khan, wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Jeanne Abdullah, and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi applaud award recipients at the conclusion of the awards ceremony for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Kuala Lumpur, 04 September 2007. Nine architectural projects in the Muslim world, ranging from a mud-brick marketplace to a modern university campus, were honoured by the Aga Khan 04 September in the world’s richest architectural awards. AFP PHOTO/TENGKU BAHAR (Photo credit should read TENGKU BAHAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Reuters – Tue Sep 4, 2:59 PM ET
Australian architect Richard Hassell (C) smiles after receiving the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his design of Singapore’s Moulmein Rise Residential Tower, as Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (L) and Prince Karim Aga Khan clap during a photo call in Kuala Lumpur September 4, 2007. The 28-storey apartment tower was among nine projects that split the $500,000 Aga Khan award, the world’s richest architecture prize awarded every three years and founded by philanthropist Aga Khan in 1977 to recognise and encourage designs that met “the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies”. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)

Reuters – Tue Sep 4, 2:59 PM ET
Singaporean architect Wong Mun Summ (C) smiles after receiving the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for designing Singapore’s Moulmein Rise Residential Tower, as Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (L) and Prince Karim Aga Khan clap in Kuala Lumpur September 4, 2007. The 28-storey apartment tower was among nine projects that split the $500,000 Aga Khan award, the world’s richest architecture prize awarded every three years and founded by philanthropist Prince Karim Aga Khan in 1977 to recognise and encourage designs that met “the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies”. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)

Reuters – Tue Sep 4, 3:04 PM ET
Former Yemen’s Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Eryani (C) smiles after receiving the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his restoration project of the Amiriya Complex, as Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (L) and Prince Karim Aga Khan clap during a photo call in Kuala Lumpur September 4, 2007. The project to restore the historic quarters in Yemen was among nine projects that split the $500,000 Aga Khan award, the world’s richest architecture prize awarded every three years and founded by philanthropist Aga Khan in 1977 to recognise and encourage designs that met “the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies”. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)

Reuters – Tue Sep 4, 2:55 PM ET
Architect Norman Foster (L-R) of Britain smiles at Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Prince Karim Aga Khan in Kuala Lumpur, September 4, 2007

Reuters – Tue Sep 4, 12:19 PM ET
Austrian architect Anna Heringer (C) smiles after receiving the Aga Khan award for her school project in the village of Rudrapur in northwest Bangladesh, as Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (L) and Prince Karim Aga Khan clap in Kuala Lumpur September 4, 2007. The school, built by hand from clay-mud and bamboo in four months by local craftsmen, pupils, parents and teachers under the direction of architects Heringer and Eike Roswag from Germany, was among nine projects that split the $500,000 Aga Khan award, the world’s richest architecture prize awarded every three years and founded by philanthropist Aga Khan in 1977 to recognise and encourage designs that met “the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies”. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)

Reuters – Tue Sep 4, 12:19 PM ET
German architect Eike Roswag

Reuters – Tue Sep 4, 3:13 PM ET
Prince Karim Aga Khan (L) delivers his address as Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi listens during the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Kuala Lumpur September 4, 2007. Nine projects split the $500,000 Aga Khan award, the world’s richest architecture prize awarded every three years and founded by philanthropist Aga Khan in 1977 to recognise and encourage designs that met “the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies”. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)

AP – Tue Sep 4, 12:48 PM ET
(Foreground facing back, from left) The Aga Khan, wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Jeanne Abdullah, and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi applaud the recipients during a group photo at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture at Petronas Philharmonic Hall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007. The nine announced winning projects, will share the US$500,000 (euro385,000) award, the world’s biggest prize for architectural excellence, given once every three years by the Aga Khan Development Network, a group of agencies that seek to improve living conditions in poor countries. (AP Photo / Lai Seng Sin)

AP – Tue Sep 4, 12:27 PM ET
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, left, and the Aga Khan chat before the start of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture at Petronas Philharmonic Hall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007. The nine announced winning projects, will share the US$500,000 (euro385,000) award, the world’s biggest prize for architectural excellence, given once every three years by the Aga Khan Development Network, a group of agencies that seek to improve living conditions in poor countries. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

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