Shortlist for 2016 Aga Khan Award

The Aga Khan Award takes place every three years to "to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world and set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture." Eligible projects "must be designed for or used by Muslims, in part or in whole, wherever they are located," per the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.

For the 2014-2016 cycle, the 19 shortlisted projects selected by the jury* come from 14 countries, as listed below. Some projects are highlighted with photographs, but a visit to the 2016 Aga Khan Award website is recommended to learn more about the shortlisted projects.

Between now and the jury's final deliberations in July, the projects are "undergoing rigorous investigations by on-site reviewers – architects, conservation specialists or structural engineers themselves – who visit and evaluate each project first-hand." Award announcement will be made in the fall.

AZERBAIJAN

• New Power Station, Baku (Architect: Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects)

• Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka (Architect: Marina Tabassum)
• Friendship Centre, Gaibandha (Architect: URBANA / Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury)

• Micro Yuan’er, Beijing (Architect: ZAO/standardarchitecture / Zhang Ke)

DENMARK

• Superkilen, Copenhagen (Architect: BIG- Bjarke Ingels Group)

• Manouchehri House, Kashan (Architect: Akbar Helli, Shahnaz Nader)
• Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, Tehran (Architect: Diba Tensile Architecture / Leila Araghian, Alireza Behzadi)
• 40 Knots House, Tehran (Architect: Habibeh Madjdabadi, Alireza Mashhadi Mirza)

JORDAN

• Royal Academy for Nature Conservation, Um Al-Yanabea (Architect: Khammash Architects)

• Bunateka Libraries, Various Locations (Architect: Bujar Nrecaj Architects)

• Issam Fares Institute, Beirut (Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects)

MOROCCO

• Guelmim School of Technology, Guelmim (Architect: Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani, Mohamed Amine Siana)
• Casa-Port New Railway Station, Casablanca (Architect: AREP and Groupe 3 Architectes)

• Makoko Floating School, Lagos (Architect: NLÉ - Shaping the Architecture of Developing Cities / Kunlé Adeyemi)

• Doha Tower, Doha (Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel)

SAUDI ARABIA

• King Fahad National Library, Riyadh (Architect: Gerber Architekten International)

• Thread: Artist Residency and Cultural Center, Sinthian  (Architect: Toshiko Mori Architects)

• Nasrid Tower Restoration, Huercal-Overa (Architect: Castillo Miras Arquitectos)
• Ceuta Public Library, Ceuta (Architect: Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos)

The nine members of the 2016 Master Jury:
 

• Suad Amiry, Founder, Riwaq Centre for Architectural Conservation, Ramallah
• Emre Arolat, Founder, EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture, Istanbul
• Akeel Bilgrami, Sydney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York
• Luis Fernàndez-Galiano, Editor, Architectura Viva, Madrid
• Hameed Haroon, Chief Executive Officer, Herald Publications, Karachi
• Lesley Lokko, Head, Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg
• Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge
• Dominique Perrault, Founder, Dominique Perrault Architecture, Paris
• Hossein Rezai, Director, Web Structures, Singapore