Superadobe Homes Built Of Sandbags Rise Around The Planet
The SuperAdobe technique for sustainable building with the most basic materials is in use around the world.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Aga Khan Awards Five in Architecture for Middle East and Muslim World
President of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva and the Aga Khan presented this year’s Aga Khan Awards for Architecture at the Castle of São Jorge in Lisbon on Friday.
Lebanon’s Reconstructed Refugee Camp in Tripoli Up for Aga Khan Award
Why do we love “makeovers”? What draws us to images of women dunked in hair dye and better lighting, or old furniture stylin’ after sanding and new hardware? The reconstruction of the Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp in Tripoli, Lebanon is an architectural “before” and “after” with improvements far deeper than a slap-on of fresh paint. […]
Ancient Moroccan Granaries Revived as Thriving Civic Centers
Salima Naji has been recognized by the Aga Khan Development Network for her efforts to revive a series of earth buildings in the lesser Atlas Mountains, Morocco.