Six projects awarded Aga Khan architecture prizeAL-AIN -- A dome-less mosque designed by a Bangladeshi woman architect and a Beirut institute by the late Zaha Hadid were among six projects awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Sunday. The prestigious prize was awarded at a ceremony in Al-Ain oasis city, in the United Arab Emirates, to the projects chosen from a list of 348 works. As well as Hadid's Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut, the winning projects included Tehran's Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge and Copenhagen's Superkilen kilometre-long urban park. Awarded every three years, the prize was established in 1977 and is given to "projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture". The awards were presented by UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum and the Aga Khan IV, the wealthy imam of Nizari Ismaili Shiites.

Source: The China Post November 07, 2016 18:02 UTC