For a critic, the opportunity to write a rave review is a too-rare privilege and pleasure. This, happily, is one of those occasions. To wit: The recently completed Ismaili Center in Houston is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ismaili Center, Houston is shown during a tour on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle) After nearly ...

The Ismaili Center Houston has at long last released the first renderings of its new headquarters, designed by the London-based Farshid Moussavi Architecture with local firm DLR Group serving as the ...

The project is the winning design of a 2019 international competition whose shortlist included practices like David Chipperfield Architects, Studio Gang and OMA. The proposal features a series of ...

When Aga Khan IV, Karim al-Husseini, died in February, he left behind a legacy that centred around faith, charity, his beloved Thoroughbred horses and a passion for architecture. He established the ...

A billionaire playboy and two of the world’s most celebrated architects have created a cosmic space for a spectacular hoard of Islamic art – in deepest suburban Toronto There were lustrous ceramics, ...

Iranian-born British architect Farshid Moussavi has been selected ahead of Rem Koolhaas, Jeanne Gang and David Chipperfield to design an Ismaili cultural centre in Houston, Texas. Spearheaded by Aga ...

The Ismaili Center Houston will serve as an ambassadorial location where Ismaili Muslims can gather for worship, scholarly lectures and conversations between spiritual leaders of multiple faiths, as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The north garden at the Ismaili Center is shown in Houston Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle) For a ...