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Winners Announced for the 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards
Herat Old City in Afghanistan and Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia have been honoured with the two Awards of Excellence in the 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation.
The three Awards of Distinction went to the National Pass in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, the Fujian Earth Buildings in Fujian Province, China and Suffolk House in Penang, Malaysia.
The three Awards of Merit include Vysial Street in Pondicherry, India, the Shigar Historic Settlements and Bazaar Area in the Northern Areas, Pakistan and Wat Pongsanuk in Lampang, Thailand.
Six Honourable Mentions were also announced. They are the Béthanie in Hong Kong SAR, China, the Archiepiscopal Palace in Goa, India, the Craigie Burn Bungalow in Matheran, India, Bach 38 in Rangitoto Island, Auckland, New Zealand, the Amphawa Canal Community in Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand and the Crown Property Bureau Building in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand.
A total of 45 entries, from 13 countries in the region, were submitted for consideration. The conservation project entries include hotels, offices, cultural institutions, educational institutions, religious sites, memorials, public institutions, residential buildings and urban districts.
The 2008 Heritage Awards Jury Commendation for Innovation was awarded to 733 Mountbatten Road (Singapore). The Jury Commendation recognizes newly-built structures which demonstrate outstanding standards for contemporary architectural design which are well integrated into historic contexts.
For the press release about the 2008 UNESCO Heritage Awards winners, please click here (PDF format, 491 KB).
45 submissions received for the 2008 UNESCO Heritage Awards
The UNESCO office in Bangkok has received a total of 50 entries for the 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. The panel will meet on 9-11 June 2008 to select this year’s winners. An Award of Excellence will be given to the project selected as most excellent achievement in the restoration of an historic structure, followed by Awards of Distinction, Awards of Merit and Honourable Mention. Winning projects will be announced in September 2008.
45 projects out of 50 projects are submitted for the Heritage Conservation Award programme, and 5 of them are submitted for the Jury Commendation for Innovation. The conservation project submissions are from 13 countries including Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore and Thailand.
The 12-member selection panel comprises of Dr. William Chapman, Professor Dong Wei, Mr. Richard Engelhardt, Professor Detlef Kammeier, Asst. Professor Pinraj Khanjanusthiti, Ms. Anna Kwong, Professor Spencer Leineweber, Mr. Budi Lim, Mr. Nimish Patel, Mr. Chatvichai Promadhattavedi, Professor Que Wei Min and Dr. Johannes Widodo.