19 projects shortlisted for 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture

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Top view of the jazz club and the restaurant. The design reflects what defines an industrial building in the collective memory and yet has a contemporary style as well - New Power Station, Baku, Azerbaijan.

AKTC / Cemal Emden
Column free prayer hall is raised on eight peripheral columns, in addition to four light courts, random circular roof openings allows daylight into the prayer hall creating an ornate pattern on the floor enhancing spirituality through light - Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

AKTC / Hassan Saifuddin Chandan
Friendship Centre, Gaibandha, Bangladesh - As in construction, so in conception, the complex of the centre rises and exists as echo of ruins, alive with the memory of the remains of Mahasthan.

AKTC / Eric Chenal
Concrete with Chinese ink, recycled grey brick and warm plywood were chosen to blend in seamlessly with the surrounding urban context - Hutong Children’s Library and Art Centre, Beijing, China.

AKTC / ZAO/standardarchitecture, Wang Ziling
Superkilen, Copenhagen, Denmark - Aerial view of Superkilen spreading over 30'000 m², showing Red Square for sports activities, Green Park the children’s playground, and Black Market the food market and picnic area.

AKTC / Superflex
For the architect, brick material represents a bridge between past and present, creativity and tradition, cheap and precious, solidity and transparency - 40 Knots House, Tehran, Iran.

AKTC / Habibeh Madjdabadi
Upper view of the courtyard showing southern and eastern wings after restoration - Manouchehri House, Kashan, Iran.

AKTC / Abbas Fallahkar
Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, Tehran, Iran - The structural concept resulted in a dynamic 3 dimensional truss with two continuous deck levels; this provided a lower level which is covered and therefore usable in all seasons.

AKTC / Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh
Royal Academy for Nature Conservation, Ajloun, Jordan - The academy touches the forest with a beautiful handshake, the building hovers over the forest and barely touches it.

AKTC / Cemal Emden
Bunateka Library in Lutoggliave village, Kosovo.

AKTC / Cemal Emden
Issam Fares Institute, Beirut, Lebanon - The building emerges from the geometries of intersecting routes as a series of interlocking platforms and spaces for research, engagement and discourse.

AKTC / Cemal Emden
Modern mashrabiyya on the west facade acts like a screen between the city and the station to reduce direct sunlight - Casa-Port New Railway Station, Casablanca, Morocco.

AKAA / AREP / Didier Boy de la Tour
Principally rough-rendered reinforced concrete, the buildings are linked by courtyards and partially covered walkways with metal and timber elements - Guelmim School of Technology, Guelmim, Morocco.

AKAA / Fernando Guerra
Makoko Floating School, Lagos, Nigeria - The prototype’s versatile structure is a safe and economical floating triangular frame that allows flexibility for customization and completion based on specific needs and capacities.

AKTC / NLE
Doha Tower, Doha, Qatar - The Tower is a cylindrical volume that measures 45 m in diameter.

AKAA / Cemal Emden
King Fahad National Library with landscaped public square, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

AKAA / Cemal Emden
The gathering space is used for cultural and social activities - Thread: Artist Residency and Cultural Centre, Sinthian, Senegal.

AKTC / Dev TV
The entrance hall is used for cultural events and offers an overview on the remains, before driving visitors to upper floors - Ceuta Public Library, Ceuta, Spain.

AKAA / Cemal Emden
Nasrid Tower Restoration, Huercal-Overa, Spain.

AKAA / Cemal Emden

19 projects shortlisted for 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Geneva, Switzerland, 9 May 2016 – The 19 shortlisted projects for the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced today. The projects, which were selected by the Master Jury from amongst 348 projects nominated for the 13th Award cycle, will be competing for US$ 1 million in prize money. They are:

AZERBAIJAN

New Power Station, Baku

BANGLADESH

CHINA

Micro Yuan’er, Beijing

DENMARK

Superkilen, Copenhagen

IRAN

JORDAN

Royal Academy for Nature Conservation, Ajloun

KOSOVO

Bunateka Libraries, Various Locations

LEBANON

Issam Fares Institute, Beirut

MOROCCO

NIGERIA

Makoko Floating School, Lagos

QATAR

Doha Tower, Doha

SAUDI ARABIA

King Fahad National Library, Riyadh

SENEGAL

Thread: Artist Residency and Cultural Centre, Sinthian

SPAIN

Top view of the jazz club and the restaurant. The design reflects what defines an industrial building in the collective memory and yet has a contemporary style as well - New Power Station, Baku, Azerbaijan.

AKTC / Cemal Emden

Column free prayer hall is raised on eight peripheral columns, in addition to four light courts, random circular roof openings allows daylight into the prayer hall creating an ornate pattern on the floor enhancing spirituality through light - Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

AKTC / Hassan Saifuddin Chandan

Friendship Centre, Gaibandha, Bangladesh - As in construction, so in conception, the complex of the centre rises and exists as echo of ruins, alive with the memory of the remains of Mahasthan.

AKTC / Eric Chenal

Concrete with Chinese ink, recycled grey brick and warm plywood were chosen to blend in seamlessly with the surrounding urban context - Hutong Children’s Library and Art Centre, Beijing, China.

AKTC / ZAO/standardarchitecture, Wang Ziling

Superkilen, Copenhagen, Denmark - Aerial view of Superkilen spreading over 30'000 m², showing Red Square for sports activities, Green Park the children’s playground, and Black Market the food market and picnic area.

AKTC / Superflex

For the architect, brick material represents a bridge between past and present, creativity and tradition, cheap and precious, solidity and transparency - 40 Knots House, Tehran, Iran.

AKTC / Habibeh Madjdabadi

Upper view of the courtyard showing southern and eastern wings after restoration - Manouchehri House, Kashan, Iran.

AKTC / Abbas Fallahkar

Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, Tehran, Iran - The structural concept resulted in a dynamic 3 dimensional truss with two continuous deck levels; this provided a lower level which is covered and therefore usable in all seasons.

AKTC / Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh

Royal Academy for Nature Conservation, Ajloun, Jordan - The academy touches the forest with a beautiful handshake, the building hovers over the forest and barely touches it.

AKTC / Cemal Emden

Bunateka Library in Lutoggliave village, Kosovo.

AKTC / Cemal Emden

Issam Fares Institute, Beirut, Lebanon - The building emerges from the geometries of intersecting routes as a series of interlocking platforms and spaces for research, engagement and discourse.

AKTC / Cemal Emden

Modern mashrabiyya on the west facade acts like a screen between the city and the station to reduce direct sunlight - Casa-Port New Railway Station, Casablanca, Morocco.

AKAA / AREP / Didier Boy de la Tour

Principally rough-rendered reinforced concrete, the buildings are linked by courtyards and partially covered walkways with metal and timber elements - Guelmim School of Technology, Guelmim, Morocco.

AKAA / Fernando Guerra

Makoko Floating School, Lagos, Nigeria - The prototype’s versatile structure is a safe and economical floating triangular frame that allows flexibility for customization and completion based on specific needs and capacities.

AKTC / NLE

Doha Tower, Doha, Qatar - The Tower is a cylindrical volume that measures 45 m in diameter.

AKAA / Cemal Emden

King Fahad National Library with landscaped public square, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

AKAA / Cemal Emden

The gathering space is used for cultural and social activities - Thread: Artist Residency and Cultural Centre, Sinthian, Senegal.

AKTC / Dev TV

The entrance hall is used for cultural events and offers an overview on the remains, before driving visitors to upper floors - Ceuta Public Library, Ceuta, Spain.

AKAA / Cemal Emden

Nasrid Tower Restoration, Huercal-Overa, Spain.

AKAA / Cemal Emden

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