As we stand on the brink of the 21st century, we must face the challenge of self-determination. We must explore our relationship to our roots and uphold our moral right to decide on the environment which will be ours. Our past and our roots give us the right to say that the choices, the opportunities we have today, will do for ...
The Award and the United Nations share the common goal of human development and self determination. The United Nations...seeks to preserve and support the culture and traditions of all nations, races and creeds, so too the Aga Khan Award has begun a process to identify, encourage and recognize the diversity and vitality of Islamic culture as expressed in contemporary architecture. The ...
It is in fashion to portray that relationship as one of potential conflict, it is my hope and prayer that [the Aga Khan Hospital and Medical College] will demonstrate the very opposite; that all men and women of goodwill of sincerity and who are concerned with the betterment of people living in this part of the world, will unite in making ...
Lahore, Pakistan, 23 October 1980 - First series of Awards in Architecture have been given at the occasion of the first AgaKhan Award Ceremony in Lahore, Pakistan. Fifteen projects have been selected by the Master Jury :Agricultural Training Centre, Nianing, Senegal Ali Qapu, Chehl Sotoun & Hasht Behesht, Isfahan, Iran Conservation of Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia Courtyard Houses, Agadir, Morocco ...
Last night the Shalimar Gardens smiled. His Highness the Aga Khan was made an Honorary Citizen of Lahore,and presented with a key to the city "Last night [23 October 1980] the Shalimar Gardens smiled," he said. SOURCESText (secondary source): ismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
We may well ask whether the premiated projects truly represent the great traditions of Islamic architecture. There are no mosques among them, no madrasah, no palace, no garden, no mausoleum, none of the monuments which are visited by millions of tourists, cherished by those who live near them, and utilised by historians to define the Muslim past. The paradox, however, is ...
His Highness the Aga Khan IV addressed the lunch gathering at the Press Conference Hall, Hilton Hotel in Lahore. SOURCESismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
Seminar held at the National College of Arts, Lahore where His Highness the Aga Khan gave an address. SOURCESismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
October 22, 1980 (Lahore): Banquet hosted by President Zia-ul Haq. October 25, 1980 (Karachi): Attended a seminar organised in his honour and Begum Salimah's by the Institute of Architects.October 26, 1980 (Karachi): Banquet in honour of Governor and Begum Abbasi. SOURCESismaili.net. POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
Much has been said at the seminar about influencing decision makers, and there are no more important decision makers in Jordan than the King, the Crown Prince, the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers who attended the opening session. This is the first time in the five pre-Award seminars that the head of state has personally opened the seminar, and I ...
Major public buildings and spaces are often large, easily identifiable and have considerable symbolic and physical presence within the environment. They are generally designed to last, and may involve a substantial commitment of public funds. Their design therefore constitutes an important demonstration of the architectural and planning principles that lie at the heart of the Award programme. Public buildings, more than ...
Architects wield a strange and encompassing form of often unrecognised power. I can think of no human art form which exercises such a permanent influence over our lives. The architect can inspire us, overawe us or charm us. He can make us proud or humble. He can play upon nearly all our senses. He can create an impression of movements or ...
Canada as a country and McGill University have a long tradition of support and outstanding assistance to the Third World. The support that the Aga Khan Foundation is offering to the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill follows the Foundation's policy of assisting those institutions which seek to enlarge and to improve the understanding of the world of Islam and of ...
The better use of all resources, including voluntary, philanthropic, non-profit social welfare, is a matter which I believe to be of considerable importance to the developing world, and express here a hope that this is an area in which the All India Women's Conference will be able to guide others, as this clearly is an area in which the Conference has ...
March 7 - 18, 1981: His Highness the Aga Khan and the Noorani Family visited Mombasa. March 7, 1981: Made an Honorary Citizen of the Town of Kisumu.March 16, 1981: Visited the Aga Khan Medical Centre, Kisumu and wrote in the Guest book: "It has been a great pleasure to visit this fine institution." SOURCESismaili.net. POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
My teachers had quite a challenge on their hands. There I was, leading owner in France, and knowing nothing about the industry whatsoever. My childhood recollection associated the word handicap with egg and spoon races. I thought "weight for age" was some bad-taste comment on middle-age-spread. "Long in the tooth" was clear to me, but "back at the knee" left me ...
October 24-31, 1979: Other functions and events His Highness the Aga Khan attended where speeches may have been made, during the visit are unknown.Several Cabinet Ministers called on the Aga Khan during the stay.October 30, 1979: Luncheon hosted by the Foreign Minister. SOURCESismaili.net. POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
This seminar has been extremely helpful in providing the Steering Committee, and therefore me, with an understanding of the symbols of the city. I am not sure any one of us has a full understanding of what will be the symbols and the signs of the future generations that will lead the Islamic world. Mr. Soedjatmoco spoke of an Enabling Environment; ...
Please click on the icon for a side by side comparison in PDF format.Below, and in the archive , is the published version of this speech. Sections missing in the version published on the Institute of Ismaili Studies' website are in highlight; additions are in plain highlight. SOURCES: PUBLISHED VERSIONText: Silver Jubilee Boxed Set of Speeches; Selection of Speeches: 1976-1984Paigham-e-Imamat, pp. ...
I told our [hospital] architect ... that his idiom should reflect the spirit of Islam. How was this to be done? I did not want him to succumb, through nostalgia, to mimicry of the past, adding minarets and domes to his renderings -- the sort of bogus orientalism that has produced Alhambra hotels and Taj Mahal bars around the world. Surely, ...
Well, in what matters then do you specifically intervene? What is your influence and authority? Long term, long term social programming, long term economic programming, educational development, health, housing, the direction for institutions to go in ... The role of the Imam is to listen -- not to talk. There is a big difference in the sense that members of the ...
The Ismaili Centre being designed for a Muslim Community must reflect, even if only discreetly, an Islamic mood whilst being sympathetic to the character of its surroundings.... It is my conviction that the building of this Centre is symbolic of a growing understanding of Islam. For some centuries past, the Muslim world has lived in shadow as far as the West ...
Our own research institution, the Institute of Ismaili Studies, was established in London in 1977. This institute is the international headquarters for advanced studies in Islamics and Ismaili history, literature and sociology, as well as economical research. The Aga Khan Foundation, which was established on 1967 to promote philanthropic activities in the developing world, has recently formed a branch in this ...
You make no claim to be divine. But do you believe you are divinely guided? Divinity is a very difficult thing to define in verbal terminology. Therefore I would object to anything which uses the term divine in my context. I have inherited an office and I seek to fulfil that office to the best of my judgement. To tell you ...
I am not affected by suggestions in print that I live a luxurious Western life, while most Ismailis live in underdeveloped Eastern countries (he went on). These are just smears by cheap magazines. Serious publications are aware of the work we do and of our achievements in many countries. Such smear stories never appear in Asian publications. Interviewer: Anthony Mann One ...
A major achievement of our seminar has been to highlight how very little is known of what is or might be appropriate housing for the Islamic world, and therefore appropriate for Muslims rather than for other peoples and cultures In talking about Islamic housing, we are not talking about housing for Muslims exclusively. We are talking about housing which reflects the ...
The present seminar, which has gathered some of the most eminent thinkers and policy makers in the field of housing, must address a much wider problem. We are looking to the seminar discussions for ways in which the Award for housing can encourage planners to seek new means of solving this great contemporary dilemma. It is my hope that these four ...
His Highness the Aga Khan IV SOURCESIsmaili Bulletin, V, 8, April, 1979, pp. 11-16ismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
His Highness the Aga Khan IV sent a message for the Health Seminar which the Aga Khan Central Board of Pakistan and UNICEF had organised to commemorate the International Year of the Child. SOURCESismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
My impression is that the fundamental cause (of economic slippage in the Third World) is the lack of political consistency and stability. Are we talking about free enterprise? Are we talking about socialism? Are we talking about Marxism? ... No matter what these countries do, unless they have underground wealth -- not just oil but ores, diamonds, uranium -- or are ...
Of the three East African countries where Ismailis lived, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, only Uganda has displayed such a blatant disregard of human rights. I am indebted to the Governments of Tanzania and Kenya for a consistent and humane understanding of our problems. Most Ismailis came here stateless, destitute and almost literally with only the clothes they stood up in. Canada ...
One of the main causes we hear of the strife in Iran is that the Shah wants progress.... Many of the religious leaders in Iran are opposed to that. They think the conservative approach is best. You yourself are a modern man, Harvard educated, very much a Western oriented man in education and learning. So doesn't that sort of put you ...
November 14-16, 1978: Visited Vancouver. November 17, 1978: Visited Calgary. November 18 - 19, 1978: Visited Montreal. November 19 - 22, 1978: Visited Toronto. SOURCESismaili.net. POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
The Aga Khan Awards, the first of which will be granted in 1980, will be substantial: $100,000 in each of five different categories for a potential total of $500,000 every three years. Their purpose is to make a strong and continuing impact on the architectural profession, on decision makers and on public opinion everywhere. My words to you this morning signal ...
All cultures naturally influence each other to a greater or lesser degree; the strongest are those in which the dominant elements remain dominant and refuse to be overwhelmed by external forces. They become stronger still when they retain the ability to select, to absorb that which invigorates and enriches and to reject that which is inimicable. This is what the Western ...
If a man is enabled to buy or rent a reasonable roof over his head -- it does not have to be a palace -- he will have been provided with the first vital ingredient of his self-respect. If he is married, he will soon be inspired to make his home more comfortable -- or perhaps his wife will encourage him ...
His Highness the Aga Khan IV gave a speech at the opening ceremony of the Sajan Housing Society of Bombay. SOURCESIsmaili Bulletin, IV, 8, April 1978, pp. 5-6ismaili.net POSSIBLY RELATED READINGS (GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY) ...
I have the feeling that if a voluntary association of humanitarian agencies were to exist, based on the rationalisation of the complete inventory of existing organisations, large joint programmes could be launched where individual agencies would be too small, new activities could be located at places of the highest demand and many of the management ideas I have mentioned, such as ...
January 4, 1978: Visited Darkhana, Karimabad and Hasanabad Jamatkhanas.January 7, 1978: Visited Aly Khan Hospital, Bombay.January 10, 1978: Toured Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.January 10, 1978: Visited Rajkot.January 13-14, 1978: Visited Hyderabad.January 15, 1978: Visited Nagpur.January 17-20, 1978: Visited New Dehli.January 20, 1978: Visited Ahmedabad.January 21, 1978: Visited Sidhpur.January 22, 1978: Visited Methan.January 22, 1978: Bombay Hospitality Committee of Hosts Reception.January ...
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