Tamayouz Excellence Award is proud to announce the winner of its Tamayouz Excellence Award is proud to announce the winner of its Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture 2019, also known as the Middle Eastern Architectural Personality of the Year Award, which is given to individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to the advancement of architecture in a specific period time. Media Kit Download The winner of the award’s 2019 cycle is the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA), a US-based, bi-annual title that publishes peer-reviewed articles on the urban design, architecture and landscape architecture of the historic Islamic world, encompassing the Middle East, parts of Africa and Asia, as well as more recent geographies of Islam in its global dimensions. The journal emphasizes the detailed analysis of the practical, historical and theoretical aspects of architecture, with a focus on both design and its reception. The journal also aims to encourage dialogue and discussion between practitioners and scholars. IJIA was shortlisted with eight other finalists, who were chosen from a pool of 40 submissions, including Omani architect and radio broadcaster, Ali Jaffar Al Lawati; UAE-based architecture platform Arabesque; Egyptian architecture enterprise Benaa Habitat; British researcher, designer and author Eric Broug; Syrian reconstruction initiative Syrbanism; Iraqi academic and author Taghlib Abdulhadi Al Waily; Egyptian architect Waleed Arafa and UK-based initiative World Monuments Fund." Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture 2019, also known as the Middle Eastern Architectural Personality of the Year Award, which is given to individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to the advancement of architecture in a specific period time. The winner of the award’s 2019 cycle is the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA), a US-based, bi-annual title that publishes peer-reviewed articles on the urban design, architecture and landscape architecture of the historic Islamic world, encompassing the Middle East, parts of Africa and Asia, as well as more recent geographies of Islam in its global dimensions. The journal emphasizes the detailed analysis of the practical, historical and theoretical aspects of architecture, with a focus on both design and its reception. The journal also aims to encourage dialogue and discussion between practitioners and scholars. Assistant Professor of Art History Patricia Blessing first joined the journal's editorial team in 2013, and since 2017 has been one of two associate editors, along with Claremont McKenna College Associate Professor of History, Heather Ferguson.