AGA KHAN CENTRE

Six gardens, courtyards and terraces inspired by Islamic cultures from around the world will form part of the new Aga Khan Centre that opens in London this month. On the roof is the Garden of Life by American landscape architect Madison Cox, which has a central water channel framed by fastigiate yews, Persian ironwood and medlars, and walls smothered in jasmine and chocolate vine. On the ninth floor, the Garden of Light (pictured), designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz, features a grid of Magnolia x loebneri ‘Merrill’ and patterned screens, inscribed with extracts from the Qu’ran, that create a clever interplay of changing light. agakhancentre.org.uk