Can I read Architecture Is Life: Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013 on EtoBox?

Architecture Is Life: Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013 by Mohsen Mostafavi; Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Organization) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Architecture Is Life: Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013 about?

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established in 1977 by His Highness the Aga Khan to enhance the understanding and appreciation of Islamic culture as expressed through architecture. Its method is to seek out and recognize examples of architectural excellence, encompassing concerns as varied as contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, restoration, reuse, and area conservation, as well as landscaping and environmental issues. The selection process emphasizes architecture that not only provides for people's physical, social and economic needs, but that also stimulates and responds to their cultural and spiritual expectations. Particular attention is given to building schemes that use local resources and appropriate technology in an innovative way, and to projects likely to inspire similar efforts elsewhere. The Award is organized on the basis of a three-year cycle and is governed by a Steering Committee chaired by the Aga Khan. The shortlist of 19 nominees for the 2010 cycle of Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced in May 2010 by the Master Jury. The nominees, which range from a textile factory in Turkey to a school built on a bridge i

Who reads Architecture Is Life: Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013?

Author

Mohsen Mostafavi; Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Organization)

Publisher

Lars Müller Publishers GmbH

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9783037782422

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, Islam, Arts