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 nine projects selected by the independent Master Jury for the 2001 Award are:

• New Life for Old Structures, Various locations, Iran
• Aït Iktel, Abadou, Morocco
• Kahere Eila Poultry Farming School, Koliagbe, Guinea
• Nubian Museum, Aswan, Egypt
• SOS Children’s Village, Aqaba, Jordan
• Olbia Social Centre, Antalya, Turkey
• Bagh-e-Ferdowsi, Tehran, Iran
• Datai Hotel, Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia