Thursday, May 18, 2017: Architectural League President Billie Tsien presented the 2017 President’s Medal award to the honorable His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan during a dinner at the Metropolitan Club.
Category: Architecture
“In the troubled times in which we live, it is important to remember, and honor, a vision of a pluralistic society.”
Brigitte Shim, is a Steering Committee Member of AKAA 2016 Cycle.
The Architectural League’s highest honor, the President’s Medal is awarded annually to recognize individuals for an extraordinary body of work in architecture
Architectural League President Billie Tsien will present the award to the honorable Aga Khan during a dinner on May 18 in New York.
On May 18th 2017, His Highness the Aga Khan will be in New York to receive prestigious President’s Medal 2017 from The Architectural League. Read more.
The studio site is located in Dongri, a dense residential neighborhood in Mumbai that historically was largely inhabited by the Ismaili community. It houses the Jammat Khana…Read more
New Global Centre for Pluralism: A study in the combination of heritage details and historical context, with contemporary functionality and an eye for timeless design. Click to read more.
Volunteer name: Nasir Peerani
Location: East Africa (Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Arusha)
Duration of assignment: 9 years
Task: To oversee AKU’s campus planning and design projects in Tanzania
In 2011, Calgary’s Fatimah Sorathia, an architect with over 25 years of experience, travelled to Gilgit and the Northern Areas of Pakistan to assist in the construction of jamatkhanas
George E. Marsh, Jr., principal of Payette, a Boston design firm, will discuss his firm’s international design work.
Photographs of Courtyard and Interior Details: Victoria Hall (IIS and AKU Student Residence). Kings Cross, London, UK – Photo by Nadia Bhamani, via Hussein Charania.
On Saturday, I delivered a brief talk, titled Sufi Poetry: A World of Patterns, for World Speech Day in the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center, for roughly 60 attendees.
The World’s Best Architecture: Architizer announces the winners of the 2017 A+Awards.
Inspiring TEDx Talk by Thomas Woltz of Nelson Byrd Woltz landscape architect, who designed the Aga Khan Islamic Garden at University of Alberta Garden.
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