Mohsen Mostafavi (ed.)

Implicate & Explicate

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2010

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage excellence in architecture and other forms of intervention in the built environment of societies with Muslim presence. The award is given every three years and recognizes all types of building projects that affect today’s built environment. Smaller projects are given equal consideration as large-scale buildings. The book presents the shortlist of nineteen projects, including the five award recipients. In their variety across culturally diverse areas of the globe, what these projects have in common is a commitment to design excellence despite constraints of budget, resources, climate, technology, or politics.

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage excellence in architecture and other forms of intervention in the built environment of societies with Muslim presence. The award is given every three years and recognizes all types of building projects that affect today’s built environment. Smaller projects are given equal consideration as large-scale buildings. The book presents the shortlist of nineteen projects, including the five award recipients. In their variety across culturally diverse areas of the globe, what these projects have in common is a commitment to design excellence despite constraints of budget, resources, climate, technology, or politics.

Edited by Mohsen Mostafavi

Design: Irma Boom

16,5 x 24 cm, 6 ½ x 9 ½ in

352 pages, 191 illustrations

hardback

2011, 978-3-03778-242-2, English
CHF 35.00

Mohsen Mostafavi

Mohsen Mostafavi, architect and educator, is the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and was the school's dean from 2008 through 2019. His work focuses on modes and processes of urbanization and the interface between technology and aesthetics.