Article Author: Aga Khan Documentation Centre at MIT wins Tamayouz's Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture
Media Source: Middle East Architect
Date: 6 November 2018
International architecture awards programme, Tamayouz Excellence Award, announced the Aga Khan Documentation Centre at MIT as the winner of its Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture 2018. Also known as the 2018 Middle Eastern Architectural Personality of the Year, the award is open to both individuals and organisations who promote, encourage, campaign or influence the advancement of architecture and the built environment in the Middle East. The Aga Khan Documentation Centre at MIT, Massachusetts (USA), was awarded for its role in supporting the education of the history and theory of architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture and conservation, as well as its practice of architecture, in Muslim societies.