“[The Award] is not about money but about the intention to address issues. Sometimes other awards are looking at technical excellence or other specifics; here you are looking at how architecture impacts the built environment as a result. The projects you see are very fragile sometimes; it’s not always about lots of money. It’s about the client’s intention and the process.”
– Member Master Jury David Adjaye
A presentation was held on Thursday, 2 May at The Ismaili Centre in London by Farrokh Derakhshani, Director of the Aga Khan Award (attended by WAN’s Katerina Hojgrova) where David Adjaye, Fashid Moussavi and Hanif Kara spoke to eager journalists about their involvement in the programme. Hosted every three years, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established 36 years ago by the Aga Khan to indentify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence.
Over the years, more than 100 projects have been awarded winning status and over 7,500 individual schemes have been documented. These range from historic preservation to reuse and area conservation, landscape design to contemporary architecture, but all display exceptional design talent and a sensitive handling of context combined with a thorough understanding of the end user.
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