Following the inaugural cycle in 2019, this year – after a brief hiatus due to COVID-19 – the Aga Khan Foundation hosted its second illuminate event. Around 40 students between the ages of 15 and 16 attended this year’s event…
Spanning nearly two decades, the unique design partnership between Pritzker Prize winning Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki and the Aga Khan Development Network has resulted in a trilogy of signature buildings – The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat (Ottawa, Canada), the…
As part of the Open House Festival 2020, you are invited to meet Maki and Associates’ lead architect Gary Kamemoto and hear the fascinating story of how his firm’s partnership with AKDN evolved and took shape.
As part of our outreach to local communities near the Aga Khan Centre, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) was proud to host Accelerate for the second year running on 2 November. Accelerate is a pioneering education and mentoring programme aimed at…
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were hosted by His Highness the Aga Khan on 2 October 2019 at a reception to celebrate Pakistani heritage and culture. Many notable members of the British Pakistani diaspora were in…
On 6 July this year, students from across London participated in an exciting new initiative by the Aga Khan Foundation at the newly built Aga Khan Centre in King’s Cross’ Knowledge Quarter. The one-day lecture event incorporated talks by two…
On Saturday 6 July, the Aga Khan Centre hosted the inaugural illuminate event, an exciting new programme that offers aspiring students insight into transformational ideas that are shaping the developing world today. The aim of illuminate was to broaden horizons,…