Modern white cultural building with angular design, reflecting pools, trees, and people walking around under a clear blue sky.
Interior ceiling with geometric patterned light shadows cast on white walls and ceiling.

The museum advances understanding of Islamic civilization and its artistic, intellectual, scientific, and religious traditions. Its collections include significant artifacts from the private collections of His Highness the Aga Khan, the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, and Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan. Galleries, theatre, education spaces, and public amenities are organized within a tightly controlled museum environment and unified through disciplined architectural coordination.

A museum defined by light, geometry, and cultural continuity.
Modern concert hall with wooden seats and walls, featuring a grand piano on stage under ceiling lights.
Bright modern museum gallery with wooden floors, glass display cases, and skylights, showcasing historical artifacts.
Bright modern museum gallery with wooden floors, a large patterned rug, display cases with artifacts, and colorful framed artwork on walls.
Modern white angular building of the Aga Khan Museum with a reflecting pool in front and a person walking nearby.
OAA Design Excellence Awards
2016
OAA People’s Choice Award
2016
Marble Institute of America (MIA) + BSI Pinnacle Award
2016
Urban Leadership Award for Urban Vitality
2016
AZ Awards, Finalist
2015
Two people walking past a large modern building with light gray tiled walls and a reflective pool in front.
People walking near the modern white exterior of the Aga Khan Museum under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Light informs the building’s geometry and proportion. Brazilian granite surfaces, a luminous courtyard, and precisely framed openings create calibrated shadow and reflection throughout the interior. Set within formal Islamic gardens and renaturalized woodlands, the museum demonstrates rigorous execution and technical precision at an institutional scale.