Architectural Excellence in Islamic Societies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Architectural Excellence in Islamic Societies write by Ashraf M. Salama. This book was released on 2020-07-15. Architectural Excellence in Islamic Societies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book discusses architectural excellence in Islamic societies drawing on textual and visual materials, from the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT, developed over more than three decades. At the core of the discussion are the efforts, processes, and outcomes of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA). The AKAA recognises excellence in architectural and urban interventions within cities and settlements in the Islamic world which are continuously challenged by dramatic changes in economies, societies, political systems, decision-making, and environmental requirements. Architectural Excellence in Islamic Societies responds to the recurring question about the need for architectural awards, arguing that they are critical to validating the achievements of professional architects while making their contributions more widely acknowledged by the public. Through analysis and critique of over sixty awarded and shortlisted projects from over thirty-five countries, this book provides an expansive look at the history of the AKAA through a series of narratives on the enduring values of architecture, architectural and urban conservation, built environment sustainability, and architectural pluralism and multiple modernities. Architectural Excellence in Islamic Societies will appeal to professionals and academics, researchers, and upper-level students in architectural history and theory and built environment related fields.
Under the Eaves of Architecture
Under the Eaves of Architecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Under the Eaves of Architecture write by Philip Jodidio. This book was released on 2007. Under the Eaves of Architecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture recognises projects that benefit the Muslim world for their excellence in contemporary design, community improvement and development, restoration, re-use and area conservation. This anthology presents award winning projects from universities and historic restoration programmes.
Architecture is Life
Architecture is Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Architecture is Life write by Mohsen Mostafavi. This book was released on 2013. Architecture is Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage excellence in architecture and other forms of intervention in the built environment of societies with a Muslim presence. The award is given every three years and recognizes all types of building projects that affect today's built environment. Smaller projects are given equal consideration as large-scale buildings. Richly illustrated and with explanatory texts, the book presents this year's shortlist and the award recipients. This year's topic is centered around the relationship between life and architecture. Numerous essays examine how architecture interacts with the life of people who inhabit it. 200 illustrations
Architecture and Plurality
Architecture and Plurality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Architecture and Plurality write by Mohsen Mostafavi. This book was released on 2016. Architecture and Plurality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book brings together a diverse range of exemplary architectural projects from across the globe. Carefully selected and examined by a team of experts, these projects demonstrate innovative approaches that respond to the challenges and potentials of contemporary conditions and contexts. One guiding principle of this cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture is the importance of plurality. Since its inception the Award has aimed to be inclusive and to embrace the engagement of a diverse group of users. But equally, it has sought projects that explore a plurality of methods and architectures in achieving that goal. Here, the authors of the essays use that productive tension between architecture and plurality not only to provide a framework for the examination of the projects but also to explore the intellectual and projective means by which architecture and plurality can find other common grounds in the future. AUTHOR: Mohsen Mostafavi is Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design. He has served on the steering committee of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the juries of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Contruction and the RIBA Gold Medal. 215 images
Modernity and Community
Modernity and Community - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modernity and Community write by Kenneth Frampton. This book was released on 2001. Modernity and Community available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This in-depth book offers critical essays and profiles of work by architects and designers in Muslim nations, as recognized by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. 270 illustrations, 100 in color.
