His Highness The Aga Kahn

Vincent Scully Prize

January 25, 2005

The Hajj Terminal in Saudi Arabia.

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Richard Moe
Witold Rybczynski
Phyllis Lambert
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
His Highness the Aga Khan
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
Jane Jacobs
Vincent J. Scully

The National Building Museum presented its sixth prestigious Vincent Scully Prize to His Highness The Aga Khan on January 25, 2005, in recognition of his contributions to promoting design excellence and improving the built environment in the Muslim world.

In 1977, His Highness The Aga Khan established The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the world’s largest prize for architecture. Presented every three years, it recognizes not only architects for exemplary, contemporary work, but also clients, individual and large builders, governments and planners involved in projects that meet social development needs in countries where Muslims have a significant presence. In addition, through The Aga Khan Trust for Culture established in 1988, The Aga Khan has supported numerous conservation and urban revitalization projects in culturally significant sites of the Islamic world.

His Highness The Aga Khan is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims and a direct descendent of the Prophet Muhammad.

Transcript of His Highness The Aga Khan's remarks