Preface - His highness The Aga Khan 11 Introduction - Renata Holod 14 Islamic philosophy and fine arts- Mushin S. Mahdi 21 Symbols and sign in Islamic architecture- Oleg Grabar 25 Conservation of historic environment for cultural survival - Dogan Kuban 32 Islam, urbanism and human existence today- Mohammed Arkoun 38 Urban housing in the third world: the role of the architect -Charles Correa 40 Changing roles and procedures in the design of public buildings Mona Serageldin and Francois Vigier 43 On recreational and tourist complexes- Yasmeen and Suhail Lari 52 On educational facilities- Ismail Serageldin 54 On mosque architecture - Nader Ardalan Statement of the master jury 57 Recipients of the first Aga Khan award for architecture 59 Map of recipients 60 Agricultural training centre nianing, Senegal 63 o Medical centre Mopti, Mali 77 o Courtyard houses Adagir, Morocco 89 o Sidi bou Tunis, Tunisia 97 o Halawa house Agamy, Egypt 109 o Rustom pasha caravanserai Edirne, Turkey 119 o Ertegun house Bodrum, Turkey 127 o Turkish historical society Ankara, Turkey 139 o Inter continental hotel and conference centre Mecca, Saudi Arabia 151 o National museum Doha, Qatar 163 o Water towers Kuwait city, Kuwait 173 o Restoration of the Ali Qapu Isfahan. Iran 183 o Mughal Sheraton hotel Agra, India 199 o Kampung improvement programme Jakarta, Indonesia 211 o Pondok pesantran pabelan Central Java, Indonesia 223 o Hassan Fathy chairmen's award 235 Notes 247 Bibliography 255