Five projects get Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Friday, 3 December 2010
The five projects selected for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced at a ceremony held at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha recently.
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, says a press release.
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 and Bridge School, Xiashi, Fujian, China.
In May, at a media event held at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced a shortlist of 19 finalists for its 2010 award cycle.
Selected from over 400 nominees for the 11th cycle of the Award, they range from a small private residence in India to the conservation of an Ottoman town in Albania, and span 16 countries.
Chandgaon Mosque, Chittagong, Bangladesh and Nishorgo Visitor Interpretation Centre, Teknaf, Bangladesh were among the shortlist of nominees for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
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, says a press release.
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 and Bridge School, Xiashi, Fujian, China.
In May, at a media event held at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced a shortlist of 19 finalists for its 2010 award cycle.
Selected from over 400 nominees for the 11th cycle of the Award, they range from a small private residence in India to the conservation of an Ottoman town in Albania, and span 16 countries.
Chandgaon Mosque, Chittagong, Bangladesh and Nishorgo Visitor Interpretation Centre, Teknaf, Bangladesh were among the shortlist of nominees for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.