The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto was designed by Fumihiko Maki, with Vladimir Djurovic as landscape architect. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, part of the Aga Khan Development Network, sponsored it. The location was confirmed in 2002 and the former Bata building was demolished in 2007. A foundation ceremony took place on May 28, 2010, and the museum opened on September 18, 2014. The article names no architectural style.
The two-level building is clad in sandblasted white Brazilian granite. A cast zinc screen and aluminum skylights with hexagonal perforations recall Islamic jali and mashrabiya. The landscape reinterprets the Islamic courtyard garden,. The 17-acre (6.8 ha) site is shared with the Ismaili Centre.
The collection has about 1,000 objects. The article gives no hours or admission.
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