Palestinian Museum wins 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Main view to the museum with its agricultural terraces, Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Palestine.
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Article Author: Palestinian Museum wins 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Media Source: Apollo (UK)
Date: 2 September 2019
The Palestinian Museum in Birzeit is the winner of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Designed by the Irish firm Heneghan Peng Architects, the museum will receive a share of the $1m prize, which is being allocated equally among six of the 20 shortlisted entries. The other five recipients are the Wasit Wetland Centre in…
The Palestinian Museum in Birzeit is the winner of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Designed by the Irish firm Heneghan Peng Architects, the museum will receive a share of the $1m prize, which is being allocated equally among six of the 20 shortlisted entries. The other five recipients are the Wasit Wetland Centre in Sharjah, the Alioune Diop University Teaching and Research Unit in Bambey, Senegal, the Public Spaces Development Programme in the Republic of Tatarstan, the revitalisation of Muharraq in Bahrain and the Arcadia Education Project in Bangladesh.