April 11, 2014
PAUL FRANK
On Nov. 27, 2013, as president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, I had the distinct pleasure and honour of spending the evening with His Highness, the Aga Khan.
The occasion was to present the 2013 RAIC Gold Medal, the Institute’s highest honour to His Highness.
The ceremony took place at the delegation of the Ismaili lmamat in Ottawa.
The RAIC Gold Medal was established to recognize “a person of science or letters related to architecture and arts.”
The selection of the Aga Khan marks the first time in more than 30 years that a non-architect has been chosen to receive the award. The Aga Khan is the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
In his nomination, 2010 Gold Medal recipient George Baird, FRAIC, noted his remarkable accomplishments in various aspects of the field of architecture, as part of his broader social and economic development work.
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