A Look Inside Fumihiko Maki's Gorgeous New Museum For Islamic Art
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CANADA---New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art made headlines in 2011 when it reopened its Islamic art galleries after years of renovation. Now, a new museum set to open in Toronto, with more than double the Met's gallery space, is poised to establish North America's first dedicated home for Islamic art. Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki designed the 47,000 square-foot Aga Khan Museum, its smooth granite facade topped with crenels that evoke a battlement. Inside the fortress-like walls, patterned glass skylights and floor tiles echo Islam’s famous mosaics. [link]
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| The museum is the brainchild of billionaire Prince Shah Karim Al Huseeini, also known as His Highness the Aga Khan, who serves as the 49th hereditary Imam of Shia Islam’s second largest sect. |
