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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement, restoration, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design ...
Aga Khan Trophy: Aga Khan III: Equestrianism Aga Khan Award for Architecture: Aga Khan IV: Architecture Architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design Alexander Agassiz Medal: Alexander Agassiz: Oceanography Original contributions in the science of oceanography
Today the AKDN employs 96,000 people across more than 30 countries, according to its site, ... But one of his most enduring contributions is the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA), which was ...
Awards: Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2016) for Baitur Rauf Jame Mosque. Second runner-up of Nishorgo Architectural Competition (2006) [21] Finalist of Aga Khan Award for A5, a pavilion apartment (2004) [22] Anannya Top Ten Awards (2004) [23] Architect of the Year Award, by the Indian Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (2001)
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is the largest architectural award in the world. [77] The Aga Khan was also the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, which he founded in 1977. [78] He was also a vice-president of the Royal Commonwealth Society. [79]
He was twice finalist in the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and has won first prize in Architectural Review's AR+D Emerging Architecture Award 2012. [citation needed] Chowdhury takes an active interest in art and in 2004 presented a lecture series 'Aspects of Contemporary Art in Germany' at the Goethe Institut, Dhaka. He has worked as a ...
Prince Karim Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather as imam of the Ismaili Muslims in 1957 at the age of 20. The prince had an estimated fortune of $1bn (£801m) in 2008, according to Forbes magazine .
Marina Tabassum (born 1968 or 1969) [1] is a Bangladeshi architect. [2] She is the principal architect of Marina Tabassum Architects. In 2016, she won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the design of Bait-ur-Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [3]