The more than 19 essays on the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in this retrospective suggest there is a transnational and transterritorial landscape’ out of which a constructive discourse can emerge. Through a definition of architecture that engages the whole built environment and situates human and cultural concerns at heart of the conversation about the future of building in the Muslim world, the Award has led, initiated and sustained an enabling series of conversations. The essays in this volume, while different in focus and approach, indicate how the Award has fostered and forged such “a community of concern”.
Source: Azim Nanji in “Enabling Conversations” from Building for Tomorrow.
Al-Asad, Mohammad. "Writing on the Architecture of Islam: The Last Twenty Years." In Building for Tomorrow, edited by Azim Nanji, 36-41. London: Academy Group Ltd., 1994.
Academy Group Ltd and Islamic Publications
