<p>This book is about the shortlisted projects and the six final recipients of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The mission of the Award is to promote global excellence in the field of architecture and the built environment. The mission of the Award is to promote global excellence in the field of architecture and the built environment. It encourages and supports all those who strive to improve environmental, cultural, and social sustainability and, thereby, the quality of life through architecture. In addition to detailed descriptions of all the projects, this book gathers a series of personal statements from members of the Award’s Steering Committee and Master Jury on key issues that were crucial in the discussions for the final selection of the recipients. Assembled together, the project information and the statements present views of outstanding examples of sustainable and socially relevant architecture in the world today. At the same time, the book offers perspectives from leading architects, academics and thinkers on designing for the future.</p><p>Source: Book jacket</p>
Foreword to Architecture in Dialogue
Type
preface
Year
2019

This book is about the shortlisted projects and the six final recipients of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The mission of the Award is to promote global excellence in the field of architecture and the built environment. The mission of the Award is to promote global excellence in the field of architecture and the built environment. It encourages and supports all those who strive to improve environmental, cultural, and social sustainability and, thereby, the quality of life through architecture. In addition to detailed descriptions of all the projects, this book gathers a series of personal statements from members of the Award’s Steering Committee and Master Jury on key issues that were crucial in the discussions for the final selection of the recipients. Assembled together, the project information and the statements present views of outstanding examples of sustainable and socially relevant architecture in the world today. At the same time, the book offers perspectives from leading architects, academics and thinkers on designing for the future.

Source: Book jacket

Citation

Derakhshani, Farrokh. Foreword to Architecture in Dialogue. Edited by Andres Lepik. Berlin: Archi Tangle GmbH, 2019.

Parent Publications
Copyright

Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Archi Tangle GmbH

Country
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Language
English
Dimensions
3 pages
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