RMJM Wins Islamic Architecture Award at Cityscape 2009

RMJM architects have recently been awarded a prestigious Cityscape Award in Dubai, UAE. Gordon Hood and Roger Klein of RMJM accepted the Islamic Architecture Award for their work on the Zliten Al-Asmariya University for Islamic Sciences in Libya.

The Zliten campus is a new branch of Al-Asmariya University, 120 km southeast of Tripoli. RMJM’s architects designed a campus master plan for the development of the 82-hectare site. Core academic functions are organized in four quadrants within a perimeter ‘habitable wall’ that contains faculty offices and academic support functions.

Gordon Hood, RMJM said: “We are absolutely delighted to win this prestigious award for Islamic Architecture. It is a true testament to the success of our Global Education Studio and emphasizes the strength that RMJM maintains in its understanding of local culture and traditions. We are particularly grateful to Dr Mustafa Mezughi of ODAC in Libya, without whose advice this project would not have been possible”

The success of the work on the Zliten Campus is largely down to the development of RMJM’s Global Education Studio. The studio allows for talents in educational architecture from across RMJM’s international network to pool together, providing architectural services which combine international and local expertise.

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