Article Author: Afghanistan’s Chihilsitoon Garden is restored with rammed earth architecture
Media Source: Inhabitat (USA)
Date: 5 March 2019
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has breathed new life and purpose into the Chihilsitoon Garden, a historic cultural destination in Kabul, Afghanistan that was in ruins for nearly three decades. Now restored to its former glory, the Chihilsitoon Garden marks the largest rehabilitation project carried out to date by AKTC
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has breathed new life and purpose into the Chihilsitoon Garden, a historic cultural destination in Kabul, Afghanistan that was in ruins for nearly three decades. Now restored to its former glory, the Chihilsitoon Garden marks the largest rehabilitation project carried out to date by AKTC, which has completed over 140 restoration and landscaping projects across Afghanistan since 2002.