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Nine Projects Receive the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Aleppo, Syria, 6 November 2001 - At a ceremony held in Syria at the historical Citadel of Aleppo, His Highness the Aga Khan announced the nine recipients of the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and presented a special Chairman's Award to the Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. The occasion completed the eighth cycle of the programme, which has a triennial prize fund of US$ 500,000, making it the world's largest architectural award. The Award programme will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2003.

Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa Miro presents Dr. Bachir Diallo, Director of Kahere Elia Poultry Farming School, Guinea, with his certificate. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte

 

Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble: Kayhan Kalhor (kemancheh), Siamak Jahangiri (ney), Siamak Aghaei (santur). - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte

 

Mr. Channa Daswatte and Mr. Chelvadurai Anjalendran, associates of Geoffrey Bawa, receiving the trophy for the Chairman's Award, on his behalf. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte

 

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