Article Author: Aga Khan Bestows Architecture Awards in Dubai
Media Source: Architectural Record
Date: 24 November 2016
This year’s winners, for example, exemplified a strong interest in materials, in micro-urbanism, and in establishing new forms of public space, as jury member Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, put it. While the award has long looked favorably on restoration and adaptive reuse, it has increasingly
This year’s winners, for example, exemplified a strong interest in materials, in micro-urbanism, and in establishing new forms of public space, as jury member Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, put it. While the award has long looked favorably on restoration and adaptive reuse, it has increasingly recognized work with a social impact on underserved communities.