Recipients of the $1 million triennial prize include an affordable modular structural system for flood-impacted Bangladeshi communities and the redevelopment of a major metro station in Tehran.
A post office rehabilitation by Studio Anne Holtrop in Bahrain, a university library by RMA Architects in India, and a wind tower by AGi Architects in Kuwait City are among the finalists.
Designed by Bernardo Bader Architects, the new cemetery serves the local Muslim community in industrialized western Austria, where the younger descendents of immigrants wanted a community burial place, rather than following the tradition of returning the dead to former homelands.
