'Green' buildings top awards

The winning designs for 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture have been released. The award identifies and encourages building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence.
The projects range from slum upgrading to high rise "green" buildings that not only exhibit architectural excellence but also improve the overall quality of life.
Here are some of the best.
Bait ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Marina Tabassum Architects
A good architectural masterpiece is one that makes good use of space while creating a little footprint on the natural beauty around it. The Dhaka mosque fits this bill.
It makes good use of handmade bricks to create an amazing structure which, according to the jury citation, is "exquisitely proportioned building that is both elegant and eternal."
Constructed at a cost of Sh15 million in a span of five years, this is not your contemporary mosque. Domes are absent as are the minarets. There are no decorative panels of artistic relief and calligraphy. In their place are the brick walls, with "breathing spaces" that enhance the life of worshippers who are to be found here way before the call to prayers.