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The Aga Khan Documentation Center of the MIT Libraries (AKDC@MIT) is a research center focused on the built environment of Muslim societies, broadly defined. AKDC@MIT supports teaching of and scholarship on the history and theory of architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation. With particular focus on the research and teaching activities of the faculty, students, and post-doctoral fellows of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA) at MIT and Harvard. Situated within the MIT Libraries, AKDC@MIT is a part of AKPIA, established in 1979 by a gift from His Highness the Aga Khan. Through the acquisition of select archives, the Documentation Center is a repository of primary sources including the Aga Khan Visual Archive, architects’ archives, scholars’ Archives and other specialized archives and collections.
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) focusses on the physical, social, cultural and economic revitalisation of communities in the developing world. It includes the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, the Aga Khan Music Initiative, the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada, the on-line resource Archnet.org and related programmes.
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ARCHNET.org
Description
ARCHNET.org
Resources on the built environment of Muslim Societies available to all without registration for fees
Michael Toler
+1 617-253-2955
Archnet.org is an Open Access, scholarly resource focused on architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation issues with a focus on societies in which Muslims are a signifcant cultural community. Our mission is to provide ready access to unique visual and textual material to facilitate teaching, scholarship, and professional work of high quality.
Archnet is an authority, a repository, and a tool for teaching and learning about the architecture of Muslim societies, past and present. Archnet is reliant on contributions from our global user community, and developed and maintains through a partnership between the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and the Aga Khan Documentation Center, MIT Libraries (AKDC@MIT).