Winners Announced for the 2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards
Sangiin Dalai Monastery in South Gobi Aimaq, Republic of Mongolia has been honoured with the Award of Excellence in the 2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation.
A total of 48 entries, from 14 countries in the region, were submitted for consideration. The conservation project entries include hotels, offices, cultural institutions, educational institutions, religious sites, public institutions, residential buildings and urban districts.
The three Awards of Distinction went to the M24 Midget Submarine Wreck in Sydney, Australia; the Ali Gohar House in Hunza, Pakistan and Hanok Regeneration in Bukchon in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
The four Awards of Merit include the Huai Hai Lu 796 in Shanghai, China; the YMCA Students Branch in Mumbai, India; the Waterworks Building in Auckland, New Zealand and the Samchuk Community and Old Market District in Suphanburi, Thailand.
Four Honourable Mentions were also announced. They are the Academy of Visual Arts (Former Royal Air Force Officers’ Mess) at Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong SAR, China; the Heritage Buildings in Cicheng Historic Town in Zhejiang Province, China; the YWCA Lady Willingdon Hostel in Mumbai, India and the Tang Family Chapel in Hoi An, Viet Nam.
The 2009 Heritage Awards Jury Commendation for Innovation was awarded to the Maosi Ecological Demonstration Primary School (China). The Jury Commendation recognizes newly-built structures which demonstrate outstanding standards for contemporary architectural design which are well integrated into historic contexts. The 2009 Jury Commendation submissions include four projects (an educational institution, a mausoleum, an urban district and a residential development) from three countries in the region.
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Jury Meets to Select the 2009 UNESCO Heritage Awards
A total of 52 entries have been received for the 2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation, the tenth cycle of the Awards programme. The jury will meet on 24-26 June 2009 to select this year’s winners at UNESCO Bangkok in Thailand.
An Award of Excellence will be given to the project selected as representing the most excellent achievement in the restoration of an historic structure, followed by Awards of Distinction, Awards of Merit and Honourable Mentions. Winning projects will be announced in September 2009.
Out of 52 projects, 48 have been submitted for the Heritage Conservation Awards programme. Four projects have been submitted for the Jury Commendation for Innovation category, which recognizes new structures built in historic contexts. The submissions are from 15 countries: Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore,Thailand and Viet Nam. More information about each of the projects can be found here.
The 10-member 2009 UNESCO Heritage Awards jury comprises Dr Tim Curtis, Dr William Chapman, Dr Richard Engelhardt, Dr Pinraj Khanjanusthiti, Ms Anna Kwong, Mr Budi Lim, Mr Laurence Loh, Mr Nimish Patel, Mr Chatvichai Promadhattavedi, and Dr Johannes Widodo.