Aga Khan Award for Architecture

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture ( in German: " Aga Khan Award for Architecture " ) is one of Karim Aga Khan IV, donated architecture prize for architecture and restoration projects with special effects for the common good, with a focus on "societies in which Muslims have a significant presence. " The prize is awarded by the Aga Khan Development Network and is considered the largest of its kind in the world.

The Aga Khan Award is presented in three-year cycles to multiple projects and their architects. Although most of the projects from the Muslim world come, who are responsible for these winners come from non-Muslim countries. Jury and Steering Committee for each cycle are composed of an international pool of architects, intellectuals, scientists, artists and experts from development co-operation.

Prize winners (excerpt)

  • Hassan Fathy, the price of the Chairman for his life's work
  • Zlatko Ugljen, the White Mosque, Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Rolf Gutbrod and Frei Otto, at the Hotel InterContinental in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
  • Hajj Terminal, International King Abd -al- Aziz Airport, by Fazlur Khan
  • Rifat Chadirji, price of the Chairman for his life's work
  • Sedad Hakkı Eldem, for the Social Security Complex, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Jean Nouvel, the " Institut du Monde Arabe " ( the Institute of the Arab world ), Paris
  • Behruz Çinici, for the Mosque of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Ankara
  • OHO Joint Venture: Atelier Frei Otto with J.Fritz, Buro Happold, Omrania, for the Tuwaiq Palace, Riyadh
  • Geoffrey Bawa, the price of the Chairman for his life's work
  • B2 House, Canakkale
  • Alexandria library
  • Old City Jerusalem
  • Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
  • Diébédo Francis Kéré, for the primary school in Gando ( Burkina Faso)
  • Al-Abbas Mosque, Asnaf
  • Nader Khalili, for its construction technology " Super Adobe" ( shelter of sandbags )
  • Central Market in Koudougou, Burkina Faso
  • Moulmein Rise Residential Building, Singapore ( WOHA Architects / Wong Mun Summ, Richad Hassel )
  • Old Town Shibam, Yemen
  • Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Amiriya Rada'a
  • The Royal Netherlands Embassy, Addis Ababa
  • University of Technology Petronas
  • METI Handmade School, Rudrapur, Bangladesh (Anna Heringer )
  • Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Revitalization of the district of Bab B'Har in Tunis
  • Enrique Sobejano and Fuensanta Nieto, Madinat al Zahra Museum for in Córdoba ( Spain)
  • Ipekyol Textile Factory, Edirne, Turkey
  • Bridge School, Xiashi, Fujian, China
  • Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, Khartoum, Sudan
  • Revitalization of the historic center of Birzeit, Palestine
  • Rabat- Salé Urban Infrastructure Project, Morocco
  • Redevelopment of the bazaar of Tabriz, Iran
  • Islamic cemetery Altach, Austria
Gando (Burkina Faso) Islamic architecture
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