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Cover Photo: Plan of Kaedi Regional Hospital and plan of paving design of Alliance Franco-Sénégalaise
Architecture beyond Architecture
Creativity and Social Transormations in Islamic Cultures
The 1995 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Edited by Cynthia C. Davidson with Ismaïl SerageldinEdited by Cynthia C. Davidson with Ismaïl Serageldin
More than 1,600 projects have been examined and debated since the Aga Khan Award for Architecture was founded in 1977 with the intention of exploring the direction of architectural projects in Muslim societies and encouraging a high standard of design. In this sixth cycle of the Award, twelve projects are premiated. Each is vastly different from the others, and together they illustrate not only the diverse programmes architecture is being asked to address in Third World countries today, but also the degree to which modernization, or what some may term ‘westernization’, is influencing the built environment of rapidly i
Cover Photo: Plan of Kaedi Regional Hospital and p
Edited by Cynthia C. Davidson with Ismaïl Serageld
Cynthia C. Davidson is director of the ‘Anyone’ pr
Architecture beyond Architecture Creativity and S
Architecture beyond Architecture Creativity and S
Preface The Aga Khan Award for Architecture mar
Introduction This book on the sixth cycle of th
Many societies in the Muslim world are becoming in
While the idea of ‘bounded domain’ has been change
Watering the Garden Ismaïl Serageldin Consider