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Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritage
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Saturday, 1995, November 25
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Aga Khan Award for Architecture held in Solo, Indonesia. As State Guests, Hazar Imam and Princess Zahra had been received by President Suharto at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta where they witnessed the official signing by the President of the commemorative postage stamps issued by Indonesia on the occasion of the award ceremony. Twelve winners of the 1995 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced. 'The architectural and social problems facing Muslim societies require a sharper critique than they have received in the past,' the Master Jury declared. 'Have the Muslim civilizations of today lost the capability to produce great architecture?' Asked the Aga Khan in His speech at the Karaton Surakarta.

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Princess Zahra Aga Khan
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Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan at Aga Khan Award for Architecture Ceremony, Solo 1995-11-25

Posted January 21st, 2020 by librarian-hd
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Hazar Imam with Princess Zahra at the 1995 Aga Khan Architecture Awards ceremony in Solo, Indonesia 1995-11-25
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the.ismaili

Your Royal Highness,
Honourable Minister,
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,

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The 1995 Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Indonesia - 1995-11-25

Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritage
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Twelve winners of the 1995 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced on November 25, in Solo, Indonesia. Each of them, in the new of the 1995 Award Master Jury, makes a statement in a new critical discourse on architecture. 'The architectural and social problems facing Muslim societies require a sharper critique than they have received in the past,' the Master Jury declared following its final deliberations in June 1995.

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