Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic, 1 August 2016 - The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) first undergraduate campus in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic is on schedule to open in September 2016. UCA’s centralised, phased strategy harnesses the talent of award-winning designers, a multi-national construction management team and specialised regional and local contractors.

The 19 shortlisted projects for the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture have been announced. The projects, which were selected by the Master Jury from amongst 348 projects nominated for the 13^th Award cycle, will be competing for US$ 1 million in prize money.