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Concrete Shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Updated for 2024

Updated: February 15, 2024

Announcement | Concrete, commissioned by Alserkal, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, marking the first time a project in Dubai has been shortlisted for this prestigious award. This is also the first time a project by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has been shortlisted. Concrete is the first building in the UAE to be completed by OMA, founded by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas. Commissioned by Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal (@abdelmonem_a) in 2015, Concrete was inaugurated in March 2017, and has hosted five museum-grade, non-profit exhibitions in collaboration with world-renowned institutions. The Award shortlist was announced today at a ceremony in Kazan, Russia. Recipients of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture will be announced in Fall 2019. Check-out this link for more information: https://bit.ly/2ZzPVh6