Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Cemal Emden (photographer)
Article Author: BACA President named 15th Aga Khan Award member
Media Source: BNA (Bahrain)
Date: 18 January 2021
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture has named the President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA), Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, as member of its 15th edition, 2020-2022. Her project, the Revitalisation of Muharraq, won the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Launched by His Highness in 1977,
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture has named the President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA), Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, as member of its 15th edition, 2020-2022. Her project, the Revitalisation of Muharraq, won the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Launched by His Highness in 1977, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture is an architectural prize aiming to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement, restoration, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment.