Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013

09/09/2013. Awarded projects [Lisbon] Portugal
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Five different projects have been awarded with the Aga Kahn Award for Architecture 2013, within which we can find works in Sudan, Palestine, Morocco, Iran or Austria.

Congregation space. Islamic Cemetery. Location: Altach, Austria (Europe). Architect: Bernado Bader Architects, Dombirn, Austria. Completed: 2011. Design: 2008-2011. Site size: Ground floor area: 4’235 m² - Total site area: 8’415 m². Photograph © AKAA / Adolf Bereuter.

Congregation space. Islamic CCongregation space. Islamic Cemetery. Location: Altach, Austria (Europe). Architect: Bernado Bader Architects, Dombirn, Austria. Completed: 2011. Design: 2008-2011. Site size: Ground floor area: 4’235 m² - Total site area: 8’415 m². Photograph © AKAA / Adolf Bereuter.emetery. Location: Altach, Austria (Europe). Architect: Bernado Bader Architects, Dombirn, Austria. Completed: 2011. Design: 2008-2011. Site size: Ground floor area: 4’235 m² - Total site area: 8’415 m². Photograph © AKAA / Adolf Bereuter. Click above for larger image.

General view. Islamic Cemetery. Location: Altach, Austria (Europe). Architect: Bernado Bader Architects, Dombirn, Austria. Completed: 2011. Design: 2008-2011. Site size: Ground floor area: 4’235 m² - Total site area: 8’415 m². Photograph © AKAA / Adolf Bereuter.

Carpet market. Rehabilitation of Tabriz Bazaar. Location: Tabriz, Iran (Central Asia). Architect: ICHTO East Azerbaijan Office, Tabriz, Iran. Completed: 2006 ongoing. Design: 1994 ongoing. Site size: 27 Ha. Photograph © AKAA / Amir Anoushfar.

Detail of bricks vaults. Rehabilitation of Tabriz Bazaar. Location: Tabriz, Iran (Central Asia). Architect: ICHTO East Azerbaijan Office, Tabriz, Iran. Completed: 2006 ongoing. Design: 1994 ongoing. Site size: 27 Ha. Photograph © AKAA / Amir Anoushfar.

Arches below the bridge. Hassan II Bridge. Location: Rabat, Morocco (North Africa). Architect: Marc Mimran Architecture, Paris, France. Completed: 2011. Design: 2007. Site size: Bridge length: 330 m - Viaduct length: 600 m - Nautical Base Bridge length: 100 m. Photograph © AKAA / Marc Mimram.

Below view of the access viaduct. Hassan II Bridge. Location: Rabat, Morocco (North Africa). Architect: Marc Mimran Architecture, Paris, France. Completed: 2011. Design: 2007. Site size: Bridge length: 330 m - Viaduct length: 600 m - Nautical Base Bridge length: 100 m. Photograph © AKAA / Marc Mimram.

Arches of the bridge. Hassan II Bridge. Location: Rabat, Morocco (North Africa). Architect: Marc Mimran Architecture, Paris, France. Completed: 2011. Design: 2007. Site size: Bridge length: 330 m - Viaduct length: 600 m - Nautical Base Bridge length: 100 m. Photograph © AKAA / Marc Mimram.

Cafeteria terrace of the container medical compound. Salam Cardiac Surgery Centre. Location: Khartoum, Sudan (North Africa). Architect: Studio Tamassociati, Venice, Italy. Completed: 2010. Design: 2004-2008. Site size: 14’000 m². Photograph © AKAA / Cemal Emden.

Main courtyard of the container medical compound. Salam Cardiac Surgery Centre. Location: Khartoum, Sudan (North Africa). Architect: Studio Tamassociati, Venice, Italy. Completed: 2010. Design: 2004-2008. Site size: 14’000 m². Photograph © AKAA / Cemal Emden.

Preventive conservation in a street. Revitalisation of Birzeit Historic Centre. Location: Birzeit, Palestine (West Asia). Architect: Riwaq - Centre for Architectural Conservation, Ramallah, Palestine. Completed: 2009 ongoing. Design: 2007-2011. Site size: 40’640 m². Photograph © AKAA / RIWAQ.

Birzeit University guest house (before and after restoration). Revitalisation of Birzeit Historic Centre. Location: Birzeit, Palestine (West Asia). Architect: Riwaq - Centre for Architectural Conservation, Ramallah, Palestine. Completed: 2009 ongoing. Design: 2007-2011. Site size: 40’640 m². Photograph © AKAA / RIWAQ.

Entrance elevation. Islamic Cemetery. Location: Altach, Austria (Europe). Architect: Bernado Bader Architects, Dombirn, Austria. Completed: 2011. Design: 2008-2011. Site size: Ground floor area: 4’235 m² - Total site area: 8’415 m². Photograph © AKAA / Adolf Bereuter

A couple of months ago, we present you in METALOCUS the 20 shortlisted projects for the Aga Kahn for Architecture 2013. Among them there were projects located in Afghanistan, Austria, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Thailand and Yeme.

After a process in which several architect, urban planners and engineers have evaluated the quality and the architectural excelence of the 20 shortlisted projects during the last months, the last 6th of September the prize was awarded at the Castle of Sao Jorge in Lisbon by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of the Portuguese Republic and His Highness the Aga Kahn.

The awarded projects are:

Islamic Cemetery, Altach, Austria
Rehabilitation of Tabriz Bazaar, Tabriz, Iran
Hassan II Bridge, Rabat, Morocco
Revitalisation of Birzeit Historic Centre, Birzeit, Palestine
Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, Khartoum, Sudan

Among the jury we can find personalities as David Adjaye, Dr. Howayda Al-Harithy, Michel Desvigne, Mahmood Mamdani, Kamil Merican, Toshiko Mori, Wang Shu, Shahzia Sikander and Murat Tabanlioglu.