Revealed: Winners of 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Bridge School
Li Xiaodong Atelier
Xiashi, China
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Li Xiaodong Atelier
Bridge School
Li Xiaodong Atelier
Xiashi, China
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Li Xiaodong Atelier
Bridge School
Li Xiaodong Atelier
Xiashi, China
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Li Xiaodong Atelier
Bridge School
Li Xiaodong Atelier
Xiashi, China
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Li Xiaodong Atelier
Madinat Al-Zahra Museum
Sobejano Architects S.L.P, Fuensanta Nieto & Enrique Sobejano
Cordoba, Spain
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Fernando Alda
Madinat Al-Zahra Museum
Sobejano Architects S.L.P, Fuensanta Nieto & Enrique Sobejano
Cordoba, Spain
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Melissa Walsh, Maximillian Jacobson-Gonzalez
Madinat Al-Zahra Museum
Sobejano Architects S.L.P, Fuensanta Nieto & Enrique Sobejano
Cordoba, Spain
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Cemal Emden
Madinat Al-Zahra Museum
Sobejano Architects S.L.P, Fuensanta Nieto & Enrique Sobejano
Cordoba, Spain
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Melissa Walsh, Maximillian Jacobson-Gonzalez
Ipekyol Textile Factory
Emre Arolat Architects
Edirne, Turkey
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Cemal Emden
Ipekyol Textile Factory
Emre Arolat Architects
Edirne, Turkey
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Cemal Emden
Ipekyol Textile Factory
Emre Arolat Architects
Edirne, Turkey
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Cemal Emden
Ipekyol Textile Factory
Emre Arolat Architects
Edirne, Turkey
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Cemal Emden
Wadi Hanifa Wetlands
Moriyama & Teshima Planners Limited/Buro Happold
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Arriyadh Development Authority
Wadi Hanifa Wetlands (before development)
Moriyama & Teshima Planners Limited/Buro Happold
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Wael Samhouri
Wadi Hanifa Wetlands
Moriyama & Teshima Planners Limited/Buro Happold
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Arriyadh Development Authority
Wadi Hanifa Wetlands
Moriyama & Teshima Planners Limited/Buro Happold
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Wael Samhouri
Revitalization of the Recent Heritage of Tunis
Association de Sauvegarde de la Medina de Tunis (ASM)
Tunis, Tunisia
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/ASM
Revitalization of the Recent Heritage of Tunis
Association de Sauvegarde de la Medina de Tunis (ASM)
Tunis, Tunisia
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Salah Jabeur
Revitalization of the Recent Heritage of Tunis
Association de Sauvegarde de la Medina de Tunis (ASM)
Tunis, Tunisia
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Salah Jabeur
Revitalization of the Recent Heritage of Tunis
Association de Sauvegarde de la Medina de Tunis (ASM)
Tunis, Tunisia
An urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings.
Photo © Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Salah Jabeur
Established in 1977 and bestowed every three years, the Aga Khan Award recognizes exemplary projects in communities where Muslims have a notable presence. The program is administered by His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. The prize fund totals $500,000.
This year’s recipients were chosen by a master jury from a shortlist of 19 candidates, whittled down from 401 nominations. Various types of projects are eligible, including contemporary architecture, historic preservation, and landscape design. The award is intended to honor all of the entities involved in a project, from client to designer to tradesmen.
In addition to the architecture prize, His Highness the Aga Khan also presented a rare Chairman’s Award to Professor Oleg Grabar for his contributions to Islamic art and architecture. Born in France, Grabar has taught at the University of Michigan, Harvard, and Princeton; he is a professor emeritus at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study. The Chairman’s Award has been given on only three prior occasions.
A monograph featuring the 2010 Aga Khan Award winners, with essays by Grabar, Mohammad Al-Asad, Farshid Moussavi, and Mohsen Mostafavi, among others, will be available through Lars Müller Publishers. Moreover, this year’s finalists are featured in a BBC World News program titled Architects on the Frontline.
Click on the slide show icon to view images of the winning projects. Plus, look for additional coverage in a future issue of RECORD.
2010 Aga Khan Award Winners
- Bridge School in Xiashi, China, by Li Xiaodong Atelier
- Madinat Al-Zahra Museum in Cordoba, Spain, by Sobejano Architects S.L.P, Fuensanta Nieto & Enrique Sobejano
- Ipekyol Textile Factory in Edirne, Turkey, by Emre Arolat Architects
- Wadi Hanifa Wetlands in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by Moriyama & Teshima Planners Limited/Buro Happold
- Revitalization of the Recent Heritage of Tunis, Tunisia (an urban revitalization effort that restored public spaces and landmark buildings), by Association de Sauvegarde de la Medina de Tunis
