East Wahdat Upgrading Program - <div><span style="font-size: 13px;">The 1992 selection of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture reflects the impact that&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">global changes have had on the built environment in Third World countries, among&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">which the destruction of the traditional cultural structure in rural areas and large-scale&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">urbanisation. The projects selected that year, which address issues relevant to both the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">developing and developed world, are economically sustainable, humanistic solutions to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">difficult problems, and generate a new architectural language. They provide a valuable&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">insight into an alternative design approach for both the rural and urban environments.</span></div>
Architecture for a Changing World
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1992
The 1992 selection of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture reflects the impact that global changes have had on the built environment in Third World countries, among which the destruction of the traditional cultural structure in rural areas and large-scale urbanisation. The projects selected that year, which address issues relevant to both the developing and developed world, are economically sustainable, humanistic solutions to difficult problems, and generate a new architectural language. They provide a valuable insight into an alternative design approach for both the rural and urban environments.
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Steele, James, editor. Architecture for a Changing World. London: Academy Editions, 1992.
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