2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony
Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa Miro presents Dr. Bachir Diallo, Director of Kahere Elia Poultry Farming School, Guinea, with his certificate.
AKDN / Gary Otte
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.