Intervention Architecture: Building for Change
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Intervention Architecture: Building for Change
By (Author) Aga Khan Award
Introduction by Homi K. Bhabha
Foreword by Farrokh Derakhshani
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
I.B. Tauris
26th September 2007
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
720
Physical Properties
Paperback
192
Width 218mm, Height 278mm
785g
Description
Across a range of settings - from the dry river valleys of Yemen to tropical high-rise fabric of Singapore - the projects selected for the 10th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture match the cutting-edge design with a deep commitment to place. Resolutely contemporary and yet firmly local, they respond to the challenges of their environments with imagination and skill. "Intervention Architecture" brings these works vividly to life through understanding photographs as well as drawings and descriptions. Texts by leading thinkers and practitioners explore the broader issues raised by the projects, from ecological urbanism to cosmopolitanism in architecture.
Author Bio
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies. The Award recognises examples of architectural excellence in all the places where Muslims live, in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, historic preservation, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment.
