The US has provided $420,000 in grants for the repair and preservation of temples in Preah Vihear province and Phnom Bakheng temple in Siem Reap. A signing ceremony was held on January 16 at Phnom Bakheng with US ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy and Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona in attendance.
UNESCO and Zanzibar review response measures after collapse of Beit-al-Ajaib
The House of Wonders is an emblematic edifice of the Stone Town of Zanzibar, and a central component of the World Heritage site, which was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2000.UNESCO | Dar Es Salaam | Updated: 15-01-2021 09:31 IST | Created: 15-01-2021 09:31 IST
During the meeting, UNESCO’s Representative also presented the Organization’s condolences to the families of the two victims who lost their lives in the collapse of the House of Wonders, and best wishes for a speedy recovery to those who were injured. Image Credit: Wikimedia
Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 13 January During a meeting yesterday, Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar, and Tirso Dos Santos,.
More than 3,600 Buddhist temples in the Getty’s Bagan Conservation Project in Myanmar (pictured: Sitana Gyi Hpaya) have been at risk of looting Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Trust
Lockdowns, stranded workers, a collapse in tourism revenue, the threat of looting: the stewards of cultural heritage sites across the globe have faced harrowing difficulties over the past year in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. All are still struggling to meet the challenges as the new year begins.
Some international organisations have drafted action plans to help managers of heritage sites cope with the repercussions of Covid-19. The International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (Aliph), for example, has allocated $2m in emergency grants for more than 100 struggling operators in 34 countries.
Matt Shaw, The New York Times
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Updated: 01 Jan 2021 01:57 PM BdST Louis Kahn Plaza on the IIM Ahmedabad s Heritage Campus. (The Photography Club, IIM Ahmedabad/Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license)
A world-class architectural-preservation controversy is brewing in India, where the administration at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad had announced plans to raze 14 of 18 student dormitory buildings designed by architect Louis Kahn and built in the 1960s and 1970s. );
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After a local and international outcry, an online meeting to begin seeking new bids for the demolition was cancelled.
Kahn, one of the most important American architects in history, is best known for masterworks like the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as the Philips Exeter Academy Library in Exeter, New Hampshire, and the First Unitarian Chu