Intervention Architecture: Building for Change - Softcover

Aga Khan Award

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845116739 ISBN 13: 9781845116736

Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 2007

Synopsis

Across a range of settings - from the dry river valleys of Yemen to tropical high-rise fabric of Singapore - the projects selected for the 10th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture match the cutting-edge design with a deep commitment to place. Resolutely contemporary and yet firmly local, they respond to the challenges of their environments with imagination and skill. Intervention Architecture" brings these works vividly to life through understanding photographs as well as drawings and descriptions. Texts by leading thinkers and practitioners explore the broader issues raised by the projects, from ecological urbanism to cosmopolitanism in architecture."

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About the Author

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies. The Award recognises examples of architectural excellence in all the places where Muslims live, in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, historic preservation, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment.

Edition details

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845116739
• ISBN 13: 9781845116736
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192