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The project for the Rohingya Refugee Response. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The renovation of Niemeyer Guest House is one of six winners of the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Photo: Cemal Emden / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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On the outskirts of the city, the building stands inside an entrance to the Rachid Karami International Fair. Photo: Cemal Emden / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The single-storey guesthouse has been transformed by East Architecture Studio. Photo: Cemal Emden / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Argo Contemporary Art Museum and Cultural Centre in Tehran, Iran, will also share the $1 million prize pot. Photo: Deed Studio / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The jury described it as an 'untypical' reuse and conservation project. Photo: Deed Studio / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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A former brewery has been transformed into a private museum for contemporary art. Photo: Deed Studio / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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It has spaces for exhibitions, talks and film screenings across four floors. Photo: Deed Studio / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Senegal's Kamanar Secondary School is another winner. Photo: Amir Anoushfar / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The complex 'addresses the multiple scales of urbanism, landscape, architecture and building technologies with equal commitment and virtuosity'. Photo: Amir Anoushfar / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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A focus was put on the site's topography and flora. Photo: Amir Anoushfar / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
A grid of classroom pods are centred around pre-existing foliage. Photo: Amir Anoushfar / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Banyuwangi International Airport in East Java is among the winning projects. Photo: Mario Wibowo / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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It is inspired by the houses of the local Osing tribe and features two pitched-roof structures covered in grass. Photo: Mario Wibowo / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Inside Banyuwangi Airport. Photo: Mario Wibowo / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The roof structures are crowned with timber-frame, asymmetrical pyramidal skylights that pay homage to the traditional Banyuwangi headdress. Photo: Mario Wibowo / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Urban River Spaces is one of two Bangladeshi winners on the list. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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It is a former dump site that has been transformed into a multifunctional space used by communities in Jhenaidah. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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It is part of an initiative to clean up the Nabaganga River. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Future plans for this project include the introduction of walkways, gardens, cultural facilities and efforts to increase biodiversity in the area. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Six temporary community spaces of the Rohingya Response programme also made the list. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The project provides 'dignified, sensitive and ingenious response to emergency needs', jury members said. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Inside one of the spaces. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The project for the Rohingya Refugee Response. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The renovation of Niemeyer Guest House is one of six winners of the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Photo: Cemal Emden / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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On the outskirts of the city, the building stands inside an entrance to the Rachid Karami International Fair. Photo: Cemal Emden / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The single-storey guesthouse has been transformed by East Architecture Studio. Photo: Cemal Emden / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Argo Contemporary Art Museum and Cultural Centre in Tehran, Iran, will also share the $1 million prize pot. Photo: Deed Studio / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The jury described it as an 'untypical' reuse and conservation project. Photo: Deed Studio / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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A former brewery has been transformed into a private museum for contemporary art. Photo: Deed Studio / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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It has spaces for exhibitions, talks and film screenings across four floors. Photo: Deed Studio / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Senegal's Kamanar Secondary School is another winner. Photo: Amir Anoushfar / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The complex 'addresses the multiple scales of urbanism, landscape, architecture and building technologies with equal commitment and virtuosity'. Photo: Amir Anoushfar / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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A focus was put on the site's topography and flora. Photo: Amir Anoushfar / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
A grid of classroom pods are centred around pre-existing foliage. Photo: Amir Anoushfar / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Banyuwangi International Airport in East Java is among the winning projects. Photo: Mario Wibowo / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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It is inspired by the houses of the local Osing tribe and features two pitched-roof structures covered in grass. Photo: Mario Wibowo / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Inside Banyuwangi Airport. Photo: Mario Wibowo / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The roof structures are crowned with timber-frame, asymmetrical pyramidal skylights that pay homage to the traditional Banyuwangi headdress. Photo: Mario Wibowo / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Urban River Spaces is one of two Bangladeshi winners on the list. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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It is a former dump site that has been transformed into a multifunctional space used by communities in Jhenaidah. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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It is part of an initiative to clean up the Nabaganga River. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Future plans for this project include the introduction of walkways, gardens, cultural facilities and efforts to increase biodiversity in the area. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Six temporary community spaces of the Rohingya Response programme also made the list. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The project provides 'dignified, sensitive and ingenious response to emergency needs', jury members said. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Inside one of the spaces. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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The project for the Rohingya Refugee Response. Photo: Asif Salman / Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Lebanese guesthouse among winners of 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Projects in Bangladesh, Senegal, Iran and Indonesia are also sharing the prize pot
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Katy Gillett
22 September, 2022
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