A project by Zaha Hadid Architects is among the 19 shortlisted for the 2016 Aga Khan Award.Hadid’s company, whose work continues after her sudden death this year, is picked for the Issam Fares Institute in Lebanon.The prestigious architecture award, now in its 13 cycle, has $1 million with of prize money. The short list was chosen by a jury from 348 nominations.The shortlist includes projects in Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Denmark, Iran, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, and Spain.The Aga Khan Award for Architecture selects projects that not only exhibit architectural excellence but also improve the quality of life. It has championed slum upgrading to high rise “green” buildings. The award recognizes not just architects, but also municipalities, builders, clients, engineers, and others. More than 110 projects have received the award since it was started nearly 40 years ago.The Hadid project, for the American University of Beirut, was completed in 2014. It is a building said to be radical in composition but respectful of its traditional context and which “floats” above an exterior courtyard.Shortlist:AZERBAIJAN New Power Station, Baku (Architect: Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects)BANGLADESH Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka (Architect: Marina Tabassum) Friendship Centre, Gaibandha (Architect: URBANA / Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury)CHINA Micro Yuan’er, Beijing (Architect: ZAO/standardarchitecture / Zhang Ke)DENMARK Superkilen, Copenhagen (Architect: BIG- Bjarke Ingels Group)IRAN Manouchehri House, Kashan (Architect: Akbar Helli, Shahnaz Nader) Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, Tehran (Architect: Diba Tensile Architecture / Leila Araghian, Alireza Behzadi) 40 Knots House, Tehran (Architect: Habibeh Madjdabadi, Alireza Mashhadi Mirza)JORDAN Royal Academy for Nature Conservation, Um Al-Yanabea (Architect: Khammash Architects)KOSOVO Bunateka Libraries, Various Locations (Architect: Bujar Nrecaj Architects)LEBANON Issam Fares Institute, Beirut (Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects)MOROCCO Guelmim School of Technology, Guelmim (Architect: Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani, Mohamed Amine Siana) Casa-Port New Railway Station, Casablanca (Architect: AREP and Groupe 3 Architectes)NIGERIA Makoko Floating School, Lagos (Architect: NLÉ - Shaping the Architecture of Developing Cities / Kunlé Adeyemi)QATAR Doha Tower, Doha (Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel)SAUDI ARABIA King Fahad National Library, Riyadh (Architect: Gerber Architekten International)SENEGAL Thread: Artist Residency and Cultural Center, Sinthian (Architect: Toshiko Mori Architects)SPAIN Nasrid Tower Restoration, Huercal-Overa (Architect: Castillo Miras
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