Azra Akšamija

Azra Akšamija is an artist and architectural historian, born in Sarajevo and based in Boston. She is a Professor in the MIT Department of Architecture, where she directs the Art, Culture, and Technology program (ACT) and the Future Heritage Lab.

Her books include *Mosque Manifesto: Propositions for Spaces of Coexistence* (2015) and *Museum Solidarity Lobby* (2019). She edited *Architecture of Coexistence: Building Pluralism* (2020) and co-edited *Design to Live: Everyday Inventions from a Refugee Camp* (2021).

Her exhibitions include the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, the Queens Museum in New York and the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Across these projects, her practice connects architectural history with questions of coexistence, cultural heritage and everyday invention.

She holds master's degrees from Graz and Princeton and a PhD from MIT (2011). Her awards include the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2013), the Art Award of the City of Graz (2018), an honorary doctorate from Montserrat College of Art (2020), the LafargeHolcim Award (2021) and the Architectural League's Emerging Voices (2022).