Divided in two sections, A+U firstly surveys a cluster of 11 projects either recently completed or still under construction, and secondly, the 2007 winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture a prestigious Islamic charitable prize. Highlights from the first section include: Mateo's New Headquarters for the Deutsche Bundesbank, UN Studio's VilLa NM, and Dominic Stevens' Mimetic House. For the second; Van Gameren and Mastenbroek's Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa and Heringer and Roswag's School in Rudrapur, Bangladesh.
Feature 1: Recent Projects
Olafur Eliasson + Kjetil Thorsen - Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007
Josep Lluís Mateo - New Headquarters for the Deutsche Bundesbank
UN Studio van Berkel & Bos - VilLA NM
FAM - 11 March Memorial for the Victims
Dominic Stevens - Mimetic House
Jensen & Skodvin - New Monastery for Cistercian Nuns
J. Mayer H. Architects - Danfoss Universe
Massimo Curzi - Floriculturist’s House
LIN, Finn Geipel + Giulia Andi - Alvéole 14 – Transformation of a Submarine Base, Saint-Nazaire
SeARCH - Tower Power
SeARCH & Christian Müller Architects - The Hole
Feature 2: 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Essay: Aga Khan Award for Architecture: Crossing Borders
Brigitte Shim
Interview: Significance of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Fumihiko Maki
Dick van Gameren and Bjarne Mastenbroek - Royal Netherlands Embassy
Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag - School in Rudrapur
GTZ Technical Office and GOPHCY - Rehabilitation of the City of Shibam
Samir Kassir Square
Central Market
University of Technology Petronas
Restoration of the Amiriya Complex
Moulmein Rise Residential Tower
Rehabilitation of the Walled City
Book Review: VOLUME 12: Al Manakh
Edited by Rem Koolhaas, Mitra Khoubrou, Ole Bouman








