The Aga Khan was given the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather the Aga ...

The Aga Khan ... the design of open spaces was a very strong part of the physical environment in the Islamic world—think of Shalimar, of Spain—but in modern times, landscape architecture ...

The Aga Khan IV, a spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim community and a prominent champion in architecture and cultural preservation, died yesterday in Portugal at the age of 88. As a 20-year-old ...

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, in particular, has become a model for how design can be both aspirational and sustainable. His Highness has been an extraordinary leader and an unparalleled force ...

To many journalists, His Highness the Aga Khan, was the father and high patron of Kenyan and East African journalism.

One very well-known effort was the institution of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. It celebrates contemporary design keeping in mind traditional crafts and building practices. The restoration ...

PARIS (AP) — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual ... His eye for building and design led him to establish an architecture prize, and programs for Islamic Architecture at MIT and Harvard.

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into ...