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	Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Aga Khan Award for Architecture, one of the most valuable architectural prizes in the world.
		Aga Khan, real name Hasan Ali Shah (1800-1881), believed to be a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
		Aga Khan was governor of the province of Kermān,...
	encarta.msn.com /Aga_Khan_Award_for_Architecture.html (180 words)

	Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Architecture is a multi-disciplinary field, including within its fold mathematics, science, art, technology, social sciences, politics, history, philosophy, and so on.
		Architecture first evolved out of the dynamics between needs (conducive environmental conditions, security, etc.) and means (available building material s and construction technology).
		Architecture Center Vienna: Architektur Zentrum Wien (AZW) Platform for reflections on the international development of architecture and urban planning in relation to contemporary Austrian and Viennese architecture.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Architecture.html (2254 words)

	Islamic architecture - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Islamic architecture has been called the "architecture of the veil" because the beauty lies in the inner spaces (courtyards and rooms) which are not visible from the outside (street view).
		Moorish architecture reached its peak with the construction of the Alhambra, the magnificent palace/fortress of Granada, with its open and breezy interior spaces adorned in red, blue, and gold.
		The most famous example of Mughal architecture is the Taj Mahal, the "teardrop on eternity", completed in 1648 by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal who died while giving birth to their 14th child.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Islamic_architecture (938 words)

	Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established and funded by Aga Khan IV to recognize architectural excellence and community improvement -- including restoration efforts.
		The program statement from the Aga Khan Development Network explains that their efforts focus on "societies in which Muslims have a significant presence."
		The award is given in three year cycles to multiple buildings and their architects in the muslim world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aga_Khan_Award_for_Architecture (131 words)

	Islamic architecture - Biocrawler definition:Islamic architecture - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Islamic architecture has been called the "architecture of the veil" because the beauty lies in the inner spaces (courtyards and rooms) which are not visible from the outside (street view).
		Moorish architecture reached its peak with the construction of the Alhambra, the magnificent palace/fortress of Granada, with its open and breezy interior spaces adorned in red, blue, and gold.
		The most famous example of Mughal architecture is the Taj Mahal, the "teardrop on eternity", completed in 1648 by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal who died while giving birth to their 14th child.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Islamic_architecture (913 words)

	Aga Khan Award for Architecture Home Page
		The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established in 1977 by His Highness the Aga Khan, recognises examples of architectural excellence that encompass contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, restoration, re-use, and area conservation, as well as landscaping and environmental issues.
		The Award is organized on the basis of a three-year cycle and is governed by a Steering Committee chaired by the Aga Khan.
		Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, which is dedicated to the study of Islamic architecture, visual arts, conservation, urban design and rehabilitation.
	www.akdn.org /agency/aktc_akaa.html (1970 words)

	List of Awards Received by Professor Muhammad Yunus
		Awarded 1994 Pfeffer Peace Prize by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, U.S.A. for his vision of non‑collateral lending through the Grameen Bank and the courage of persevere in the concept that credit is a human right.
		Awarded "The Medal of the Painter Oswaldo Guayasamin" by the UNESCO in 2003.
		Awarded "The King Baudouin International Development Prize 1992" for its recognition of the role of women in the process of development and the novelty of a financial credit system contributing to the improvement of the social and material condition of women and their families in rural areas.
	www.grameen-info.org /bank/Listofawards.html (2678 words)

	Meimand Nominated for Aga Khan Architecture Award
		The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is the largest architectural award in the world with a triennial prize of 500,000 US dollars which is presented every three years to projects selected by an independent Master Jury.
		Based in Geneva, the Aga Khan Foundation which was established in 1977 by His Highness Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili branch of Shi'a Islam, recognizes examples of architectural excellence that encompass contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, restoration, re-use, and area conservation, as well as landscaping and environmental issues.
		The Award forms an integral component of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, whose two other major areas of activity are the Historic Cities Support Programme and the Education and Culture Programme.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/sep/1003.html (663 words)

	The 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Aleppo, Syria :: arcspace.com
		The 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Aleppo, Syria :: arcspace.com
		On November 6, 2001, at a ceremony held in Syria at the historical Citadel of Aleppo, His Highness the Aga Khan announced the nine recipients of the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
		Bawa's architecture is a subtle blend of modernity and tradition, East and West, formal and picturesque.
	www.arcspace.com /news/Aga_Khan/index.htm (636 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Travel \| Drowned, but triumphant
		The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established in 1977 by his Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shi'a Ismaili Muslims.
		The award is organised around a calendar spanning a three-year cycle, and is governed by a Steering Committee chaired by the Aga Khan.
		This architectural example, simple yet reliable, was planned to improve local facilities and thus help reverse the constant flow of migration with its concomitant depletion of local human resources and deterioration of the environment.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2001/564/travel.htm (1987 words)

	ArchitectureWeek - News - Aga Khan Award for Architecture - 2002.0109
		UDRC projects have brought new life to the urban centers of Iran, improving living conditions, revitalizing architectural character, renewing appreciation of a rich cultural heritage, and stimulating private-sector awareness of the financial as well as social returns investment in a country's delicate historic fabric can bring.
		Founded in 1977 to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture is recognized internationally for its innovative character.
		Circumstances have given this year's award an unforeseen meaning, but one that is consistent with the its traditions.
	www.architectureweek.com /2002/0109/news_1-3.html (623 words)

	An eye for the appropriate
		SINCE it was instituted in 1977, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture has provided a unique platform for the most critical, learned and exemplary talents of the West and the East to come together to redefine, every three years, the vital ingredients of a sustainable yet man-made world.
		The Award is one of the three main programmes of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, a nodal agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in the field of culture.
		That most schools of architecture would bracket the Tilonia enterprise as a good piece of social work, rather than as a vital work of architecture, is the kind of misjudgment of goals that plagues the architectural culture of this vast country.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1825/18250950.htm (1667 words)

	Metropolis Feature: Metropolis What Goes Up; The Borders of Islamic Architecture \| Metropolis Magazine \| December 1998
		The award's formal mission is to recognize both architecture in the "Muslim world" and architecture elsewhere that speaks to Muslim aspirations.
		From the Aga Khan's standpoint, the award is surely useful both in increasing his own prestige and establishing a progressive cultural vector for Islam, as well as counteracting stereotypes promoted by the Western media.
		One of the Aga Khan's stated missions is to coalesce Islam (with its traditions of sacred imagery) and Modernism (which has historically preferred "meaningless" abstraction).
	www.metropolismag.com /html/content_1298/de98bor.htm (1751 words)

	BBC News \| Middle East \| Delights of Muslim architecture
		The Aga Khan awards are given to individual projects and they tend to emphasise community development, restoration and landscape design as well as aesthetic achievement.
		The award was established by the Aga Khan, the Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, 20 years ago.
		It is organised on the basis of a calendar spanning a three-year cycle, and is governed by a steering committee chaired the Aga Khan himself.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/190282.stm (479 words)

	Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2004
		On November 28, 2004, at a ceremony at the historical Agra Fort in India, Agha Khan announced the seven recipients of the 2004 Agha Khan Award for Architecture.
		Reinforcing the architectural excellence of the seven winning projects is the written statement of the Master Jury, which reveals the comprehensive approach adopted to discover, understand and explain the challenges of architecture in the Muslim world, as it confronts modernity in all its diversity.
		As an architecture student in Berlin, he took upon himself the cause of ensuring that his village would not be deprived of a school, and with a group of friends in Germany, Kere set up a fund-raising association, "Schulbausteine fur Gando" (Bricks foe the Gando School).
	www.caroun.com /Architecture/AgaKhan/z4-AgaKhan-2004.html (4100 words)

	Encyclopedia: Aga Khan Award for Architecture
		The Aga Khan receives the Order of Canada from Governor General Adrienne Clarkson in a ceremony performed at Rideau Hall in 2005.
		Architecture (in Greek Î±ÏÏ‡Î® = first and Ï„ÎÏ‡Î½Î· = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures.
		Awards Islamic architecture is the entire range of architecture that has evolved from Islam as a social, cultural, political and religious phenomenon.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aga-Khan-Award-for-Architecture (316 words)

	Asia Times
		The Aga Khan is regarded as the 49th hereditary imam or the spiritual leader after the Prophet Mohammad by the Ismaili Shi'ite sect of Muslims, who are spread across the world but are largely concentrated in India and Pakistan.
		The Aga Khan awards "seek to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies in which Muslims have a significant presence".
		The Aha Khan award for architecture's redrafted citation said that based "upon the recommendation of the master jury," Raina was being honored "for the college campus design for rainwater harvesting, homes for the homeless and the Barefoot College" and described his work as "an outstanding contribution to architecture for Muslims".
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/DG09Df02.html (1064 words)

	1998 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The nine members of the Master Jury for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture met three times to select the winners from the 424 projects that were presented in the AwardÂ’s seventh cycle.
		The Award, as a result of its history, is in an ideal position to initiate this discourse.
		The Salinger Residence, an example of excellent architecture, uses local materials and skills to create a spatial vocabulary which is contemporary and yet not alienated from its specific cultural context.
	archnet.org /institutions/AKAA/library/web/akaa1998 (496 words)

	Archinect : News : The Aga Khan Award for Architecture
		During his speech at the Award Ceremony, the Aga Khan remarked on the appropriateness of India as the venue for the event, given its rich cultural heritage and pluralistic traditions.
		The Aga Khan noted that the Award had evolved through various phases; from engaging constituencies to develop consensus about the nature of the problem, to developing the means to support change and finally to exposing solutions to the many who were involved in the process of developing human habitat.
		Praising the Aga Khan for the work done in restoring historical monuments, the Prime Minister said this had been an instructive example in finding new and creative solutions to the age-old problem of allocating scarce resources in a developing country to the preservation of heritage.
	archinect.com /news/article.php?id=10841_0_24_0_C (847 words)

	The Bosnian Manuscript Ingathering Project: Destruction of Stari Most
		In 1986, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture was conferred upon Stari-Grad, a non-governmental organization in the Yugoslavian Republic of Herzegovina.
		Along with the surrounding architecture, characterized by a mixture of the local vernacular with the Ottoman and Austrian heritage, the spectacular beauty of the river and the bridge gave unusual richness to Mostar.
		In the work of Stari-Grad, the Award recognized one of the world's most successful and replicable case studies of urban revitalization, demonstrating how the rehabilitation of a historic city could be translated into economic development and an improved quality of life for its inhabitants.
	www.kakarigi.net /manu/ozkan.htm (1696 words)

	House Beautiful: ARCHITECTURE'S PROPHET MOTIVE.(spiritual leader Aga Khan establishes award for architecture)@ HighBeam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by Aga Kahn to recognize and encourage higher design and construction standards in the Islamic world.
		The awards are given for historic preservation, city planning and slum improvement programs as well as for new buildings.
		From Bosnia to Zanzibar, the Aga Khan's idealistic awards program is bringing Islamic building back to its historical and regional roots
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:53744603&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (205 words)

	Award giver gets his due - The Washington Times: Entertainment - January 22, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Presented every three years, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture focuses attention on new structures and renovations all over the globe that uphold and preserve Islamic culture.
		Past awards have honored French architect Jean Nouvel's Arab Institute in Paris; the tented hajj airport terminal in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, by New York-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill; and the National Assembly building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by the late Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn.
		Such a display could have reinforced the Aga Khan's important message that architecture can be a symbol of healing and positive change throughout the world.
	washingtontimes.com /entertainment/20050121-085544-5976r.htm (1039 words)

	Reports to the President 1999-2000 / AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
		AKPIA is dedicated to the study of Islamic architecture and urbanism, visual arts, and conservation and rehabilitation in an effort to respond to the cultural and educational needs of a diverse Islamic world.
		Aga Khan Professor Nasser Rabbat organized the Fall 1999 series, "Seeing Others, Seeing Ourselves." Invited speakers were: Caroline Williams, College of William and Mary, Irvin Schick, Harvard University, and Aziz el-Azmeh, Columbia University.
		Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture Gülru Necipoglu continues work on her book, Architectural Culture in the Age of Sinan: Decorum, Identity and Memory, to be published by Reaktion Books.
	web.mit.edu /annualreports/pres00/10.05.html (2582 words)

	Aga Khan Timeline 1983 Doc 830904
		He commended the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for promotion the preservation of Islamic heritage through architecture in the face of ever-changing economic and social conditions.
		The Award was established in 1976 by Mowlana Hazar Imam to heighten awareness of Islamic culture.
		In keeping with the Award's concern for the preservation of Islamic heritage, the Master Jury recognised three outstanding restoration projects - the 14th century Tuglug period tomb of Shah Rukn-I-Alam in Multan, Pakistan, the ancient Darb Qirmiz Quarter in Egypt and the 18th century Azem Palace, a masterpiece of Islamic architecture, in Damascus, Syria.
	ismaili.net /news/830904.html (905 words)

	An award controversy
		The $50,000 triennial prize was awarded to the barefoot architects of Tilonia, for their "exceptional contribution in building rainwater harvesting structures, homes for the homeless and the barefoot college campus" until one who felt left out from the titles asked for his share of the honour sometime early this year.
		Mohammed Rafeek, one of the Barefoot Architects, receiving from the Aga Khan the citation with the eighth triennial Aga Khan Award for Architecture, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 6, 2001.
		The Barefoot College was one of the nine recipients of the architectural awards in 2001.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1915/19150380.htm (1469 words)

	Aga Khan Honored for Contributions to Islamic Architecture
		Washington -- The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims and the head of one of the world's largest private development agencies, has received the prestigious 2005 Vincent Scully Award for his contributions to architecture and historic preservation in the Muslim world.
		In 2004 the Aga Khan Award for Architecture was given for the Alexandria Library of Egypt, the Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso, Sandbag Shelter Prototypes in various locations, the Old City Revitalization Program in Jerusalem and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
		The Scully award was established in 1999 in honor of Vincent Scully, professor emeritus of art history at Yale University, who taught generations of architects, planners, art historians and politicians.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=March&x=20050322174554cpataruk4.774112e-02&t=xarchives/xarchitem.html (566 words)

	PIB Press Release
		I congratulate the winners of this year’s Aga Khan Awards for architecture, for their achievements in harmonizing functional needs with aesthetic expression.
		These include the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India), which is assisting the national effort in empowering the most underprivileged segments of our rural communities, including women.
		It is therefore natural that we honour and appreciate His Highness the Aga Khan for all that he has done, and all that I am sure will do for society in the years ahead.
	pib.nic.in /release/release.asp?relid=5153 (1041 words)

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