The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence

The shortlist of 19 nominees for the 2010 cycle of Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced today by the Master Jury. The nominees, which range from a textile factory in Turkey to a school built on a bridge in China, are located in Albania, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Turkey.

The projects shortlisted by the independent Master Jury are now being technically reviewed by a select group of architects, urban planners and engineers. The reviews, which emphasise the impact on the quality of life as well as architectural excellence, will be submitted to the Master Jury before the Award recipients are chosen. The final Award recipients will be announced at a ceremony to be held at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar in October 2010.

The 19 nominees for the 11th Cycle of the Award are:

• Conservation of Gjirokastra, Gjirokastra, Albania • Chandgaon Mosque, Chittagong, Bangladesh • Nishorgo Visitor Interpretation Centre, Teknaf, Bangladesh • CBF Women's Health Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso • Bridge School, Xiashi, China • Tulou Collective Housing, Guangzhou, China • Palmyra House, Alibagh, India • Green School, Bali, Indonesia • Reconstruction of Ngibikan Village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia • Dowlat II Residential Building, Tehran, Iran • American University of Beirut Campus Master Plan, Beirut, Lebanon • Restoration of the Rubber Smokehouse, Lunas, Kedah, Malaysia • Rehabilitation of Al Qaraouiyine Mosque, Fez, Morocco • Souk Waqif, Doha, Qatar • Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Madinat Al-Zahra Museum, Cordoba, Spain • Yodakandyia Community Centre, Hambantota District, Sri Lanka • Revitalization of the recent Heritage of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia • Ipekyol Textile Factory, Edirne, Turkey

The 2010 Award Master Jury
The Awards are selected by an independent Master Jury appointed by the Steering Committee for each three-year Award cycle. The nine members of the 2010 Master Jury are:

• Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Professor, Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA) • Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj (Architect; Chief Executive Officer, Syria Trust for Development, Syria) • Salah Hassan (Art historian and curator; director of Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, USA) • Faryar Javaherian (Architect and curator; co-founder of Gamma Consultants, Iran); • Anish Kapoor (Artist, UK) • Kongjian Yu (Landscape architect and urbanist; founder and dean of Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University, China) • Jean Nouvel (Architect; founding partner, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, France) • Alice Rawsthorn (Design critic, International Herald Tribune, UK) • Basem Al Shihabi (Architect; Managing Partner, Omrania & Associates, Saudi Arabia).