Awards

Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners for 2025

02/09/2025

Seven works have been announced the winner of the2025 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and will share a total money prize of a million US dollars. Founded in 1977, this prestigious accolade given every three years by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has become an international reference in architecture of the Islamic world, highlighting projects of great quality that are executed with local sensitivity and materials readily available in their locations.

According to the jury, among whose members are Lesley Lokko, Hashim Sarkis, and Sarah M. Whiting, the projects show how architecture can be a catalyst for pluralism, community resilence, social transformation, cultural dialogue, and climate-responsive design.

Selected from a pool of 369 nominees, the seven winners of this cycle are: Revitalisation of Historic Esna (Egypt), by Takween Integrated Community Development; Khudi Bari, a replicable solution built with bamboo and steel for displaced communities in various locations in Bangladesh, a work of Marina Tabassum Architects; West Wusutu Community Center in Hohhot (China), by Inner Mongolian Grand Architecture Design; Majara Residence and Community Redevelopment in Hormuz Island (Iran), by ZAV Architects; Jahad Metro Plaza in Tehran (Iran), by KA Architecture Studio; the building for the charity organization Vision Pakistan in Islamabad, by DB Studios; and Wonder Cabinet, a hub for craft, design, innovation, and learning in Bethlehem (Palestine), by AAU Anastas.