UNESCO received 22 projects from 9 countries and administrative areas in the Asia-Pacific region that included five religious buildings, five institutions, two residential buildings, four commercial projects, three urban conservation programmes, one memorial, one bridge and one botanical garden.  Countries represented were Australia, China, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Award winners were announced in August 2003 with the Guangyu Ancestral Hall, Conghua City, Guangdong Province, China, being recognized with the Award of Excellence . Photos and brief project summaries of this year's entries are given in this section.

[download 2003 Heritage Awards brochure]