“Each generation must leave for its successors a wholesome and sustainable social and physical environment” - Washington, D.C., USA, 26 January 2005

The Muslim world has rich and diverse architectural traditions stretching back centuries. However, in the modern age, these traditions were being lost and were in need of being revitalised. His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was awarded the National Building Museum’s Vincent Scully Prize in 2005 and participated in a seminar where he made this speech on 26 January 2005 in Washington, DC. Click here to read the speech.