THF News
| THF gives two talks in Hong Kong Nov. 19 & 24 | 1:44 AM, 30 Nov 2009 |
 The THF core team have been invited to give a presentation for the City Talk series at the School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong on November 19 2009. On November 24 we will be giving a different presentation at the Asia Society, entitled: The Spirit Travels: Tibetan Architecture in Lhasa, Amdo, Mongolia and Ladakh.
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| THF wins second UNESCO Heritage Award | 4:32 PM, 25 Sep 2009 |
 THF's Sangiin Dalai Monastery Restoration Project in Mongolia wins the Award of Excellence (the highest award given in 2009) in the 2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards.
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| 14th century Serkhang monastery restoration completes major phase | 6:07 PM, 24 Jul 2009 |
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THF has completed the main phase of the restoration of the Sangye Lhakhang, the main hall and oldest building of the 14th century Nangra Serkhang monastery in Amdo. |
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| Course on Himalayan Architecture and Sustainable Designs at Berlin University of Technology | 9:22 PM, 13 Jul 2009 |
| Andre Alexander, Prof. Peter Herrle and Prof. Peter Berten are offering a course on Himalayan-Tibetan architecture and urban heritage in Ladakhat the Habitat Unit of the School of Architecture, Berlin University of Technology. The course runs from July 6 to 21, and on August 24 the entire class will arrive in Leh for field work. Read More | |
| THF's Ladakh project in 'Indian Architect and Builder' magazine | 9:25 PM, 13 Jul 2009 |
A special issue about heritage conservation in the renown Indian magazine, Indian Architect and Builder, carries an article about THF's Ladakh project, see www.iabforum.com/magazines_may09.htmlRead More |
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| Ground floor of Central Asian Museum nearing completion | 8:34 PM, 03 Jul 2009 |
 The ceiling of the ground floor of the Central Asian Museum Leh, built by THF/LOTI, is nearing completion.
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| Lala's Gallery opens with exhibitions of old Ladakh photos | 12:28 PM, 14 Jun 2009 |
 Lala's Gallery, the Leh Heritage House operated by THF/LOTI, opens the season with two exhibitions of photos of Ladakh in the 1960s and 70s by local photographers Nissar and Skarma Rinchen.
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| THF uses pyramid scheme to rescue big Buddhist rock carving | 5:18 PM, 06 Oct 2009 |
 The half-buried stone image of Maitreya Buddha was recorded by THF for the Leh old town inventory in 2003 in a backyard in the Manikhang area. Long forgotten, it once marked the boundary of Leh town. In 2008 we asked restorer Patrick Juergens to conserve the image, which was decaying probably as a result of salts in the soils and accumulating waste. In early 2009 local historian S. Puntsog, the owners of the backyard and the manikhang area community requested THF to move the image so that it would be safe from pollution and visible again. On May 25-26 this was performed by THF's team of 35 artisans from Ladakh, Nepal, Bihar, Jammu/Kashmir, Germany and France, using a technique pioneered by the ancient Egyptians to roll the 3-ton image away. We estimate it to be from the 10th-12th century, but the inscription has not yet been fully deciphered.Read More |
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| Interview with THF's Pimpim | 9:44 AM, 02 Apr 2009 |
 The Japanese-language website Washington Japanese Women's Network (www.wjwn.org/) published an interview with THF's co-director Pimpim about her 15 years of work on heritage preservation. |
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| Papers and presentations Nov-Dec 08 | 12:30 AM, 10 Feb 2009 |
On Monday December 8 André Alexander will give a presentation at the University of Leipzig, Institute of Central Asian Studies at 17.00. On December 4, he gave a presentation at Potsdam School of Architecture. On November 28-29 he gave a paper at "The Sacred World of Central Asia", a conference in Varsaw hosted by the Polish Society of Oriental Art and the Asia Pacific Museum. Read More |
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| THF wins Travel+Leisure 2008 Global Vision Award | 8:55 AM, 25 Nov 2008 |
 Travel + Leisure magazine awarded THF their 2008 Global Vision Award for Historic Preservation for the Leh Old Town conservation project. From the Jury: "By working with local artisans to restore the Leh Old Town, the Tibet Heritage Fund ensures that regional art and architecture techniques are not lost."
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| World Peace Stupa consecrated in Amdo | 2:46 PM, 28 Mar 2009 |
 THF helped a local community in Trika county to rebuild a lost stupa, completely in traditional construction materials and style.Read More |
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| THF builds Central Asian Museum in Leh | 5:06 AM, 03 Jun 2009 |
 On August 22, the foundation stone was laid for the Central Asian Museum in old Leh. Leh's first museum-to-be was the brainchild of the Anjuman Society in Leh (the site owner), with whom THF had cooperated in 2007 to restore Leh's oldest mosque, and Intach J&K's Saleem Beg. The project is financed largely by the Jammu & Kashmir Ministry of Tourism. The museum is designed and being built by THF/LOTI.
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| THF hosts exhibits on Buddhist stone carvings | 2:40 PM, 21 Jul 2008 |
 On July 11 THF opened an exhibit entitled "Early Buddhist Rock Sculptures of Ladakh" by Phuntsog Dorjay (Ph.D). Phuntsog Dorjay has been travelling across Ladakh and Zanskar to document monumental early sculptures such as the well-known Mulbek and Khartse standing Maitreya Buddha-s, and he has also discovered a few previously unknown ones. Read More |
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| Withering Heights | 2:34 PM, 21 Jul 2008 |
 THF opens exhibition on Ladakh's petroglyphs in Lala's Gallery
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| THF paper in new UN publication on Poverty Reduction | 2:35 PM, 21 Jul 2008 |
 THF contributed a paper to a new UN publication, Poverty Reduction that Works: Experience of Scaling Up Development Success. This is due to the inclusion of THF's Lhasa Old Town Project in UN-Habitat's list of projects with Best Practice for Improvement of the Living Environment.Read More |
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| UNESCO awards THF Ladakh project | 8:01 AM, 31 Aug 2008 |
UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in the Asia-Pacific region, Mr. Richard Engelhardt, visited THF's Leh Old Town Conservation Project on May 3 2008 for a special award ceremony attended by local government representatives, community members, Ladakhi dignitaries and friends.Read More |
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| International Conference in Berlin | 5:33 PM, 14 Dec 2007 |
 Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development of Historic Cities in Asia - Safeguarding traditions and ancient knowledge to promote development, Berlin 4.-5.12.2007, Berlin University of Technology and Humboldt University (program)(abstracts).Read More |
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| Leh Project in AFP News (in Japanese) | 10:20 AM, 05 Oct 2007 |
 THF/LOTI's Leh Old Town Project is featured on the AFP news website, text by Tripti Lahiri and pictures by Manpreet Romana.
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| Course on Tibetan Architecture at Berlin University of Technology (TU). | 3:26 PM, 25 Sep 2007 |
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| THF at Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin September 12 | 2:53 PM, 24 Sep 2007 |
 THF co-director André Alexander speaks at the Urban Sustainability Conference during the Asia-Pacific Weeks 2007. This annual event is organized by the Berlin Asia-Pacific Forum, and the conference takes place in Berlin's Townhall in Mitte district.
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| THF gives paper at 13th Colloquium of the International Association for Ladakh Studies | 2:52 PM, 24 Sep 2007 |
 THF Leh team managers André Alexander and Andreas Catanese have prepared a paper on the Leh Old Town for the 13th Colloquium of the International Association for Ladakh Studies, held in Rome 7-11 September 2007.
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| THF celebrates completion of Sangiin Dalai monastery restoration project in Mongolia | 1:38 PM, 24 Oct 2007 |
 After four years of work, THF co-director Pimpim de Azevedo and Mongolian partners and supporters have celebrated the completion of the Sangiin Dalai restoration project on September 1 2007. The celebration was attended by the governor of the South-Gobi region, the head lama of Ganden monastery in Ulan-Bator and many other guests.
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| THF Ladakh Project in Indian TV News | 3:51 PM, 16 Aug 2007 |
 The Indian News Channel IBN produced a video feature and a news item about THF's Leh Old Town Project.
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| First Ladakhi wall-painting conservators trained by THF and TFH Erfurt now in Germany | 1:25 PM, 16 Aug 2007 |
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| THF participates in A.S.I.A. Tibetan heritage seminars in Italy | 5:34 PM, 08 Sep 2007 |
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| THF's Leh project wins second international award | 9:04 PM, 16 Sep 2007 |
 THF's Leh Old Town Project has won a Best Practice Award for Improvement of the Living Environment, courtesy of Dubai Municipality and the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN Habitat).
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| Leh Old Town listed among world's 100 most endangered sites | 3:56 PM, 12 Jul 2007 |
 The World Monuments Fund has accepted THF's nomination of the Leh Old Town for inclusion in WMF's bi-annual list of the 100 Most Endangered Sites.THF and WMF are currently discussing ways to cooperate to increase conservation activities in Leh. |
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| Three seminars on CULTURAL HERITAGE in Italy | 5:29 PM, 08 Sep 2007 |
 THF, A.S.I.A., Universita degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale", Politecnico di Torino and Istituto Centrale per il Restauro di Roma organize three seminars on CULTURAL HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORICAL CITIES IN ASIA - Safeguarding traditions and ancient knowledge to promote development, as part of a EU-supported project, 18.20.22 June 2007.
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| THF Ladakh Project continues | 11:31 AM, 28 Feb 2010 |
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| Buddhapurnima festival at Leh | 5:58 PM, 08 Sep 2007 |
 The birthday of the Buddha was celebrated in Leh with a huge procession around the town with all its monasteries and shrines.
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| Qinghai team continues work | 2:28 PM, 14 Aug 2007 |
 Yutaka Hirako has joined the Qinghai team for new building restoration and mural conservation projects.
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| Pimpim presents paper on Mongolian architecture | 2:50 AM, 30 Apr 2007 |
 THF's Pimpim de Azevedo presented a paper at "The Conference for Conservation of Traditional Temple Architecture" on Revival and transmission of traditional skills and rehabilitation of Sangiin Dalai Monastery - Mongolia.
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| Prayer festival at Serkhang | 6:21 PM, 08 Sep 2007 |
 April 17End of prayer festival at Serkhang (gser rkang) monastery in Qinghai. Read More |
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| Visit to Samtenling monastery | 3:11 PM, 10 May 2007 |
 April 5 2007Enthronement of new incarnation of Choeshyi Rinpoche at Samtenling Monastery (sgrub sde bsam gtan gling) in Qinghai Province. Read More |
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| Mongolia project continues | 2:27 PM, 14 Aug 2007 |
 April 2 2007Pimpim de Azevedo and Danilo Thiedemann re-start the Mongolia Sangiin Dalai Monastery Project after the winter-break. Read More |
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| Andre's schedule | 10:54 AM, 21 Apr 2007 |
 Travel for the 10-historic cities in Asia project: Bangkok, Penang, Kyoto and Bagan from February 21 to March 23.
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| Ragya monastery project completed successfully | 3:14 AM, 29 Apr 2007 |
 October 2006THF celebrates completion of 4-year project at Ragya Monastery in Qinghai Province. Read More |
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| THF wins UNESCO award | 10:47 AM, 21 Apr 2007 |
 September 1 2006THF wins one of the 2006 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for the Leh Old Town Conservation Project. Read More |
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From November 26 to 30, THF's first chairman André Alexander teaches a compact course on Tibetan architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, Berlin University of Technology.
Despite an abundance of historic (and often threatened) wall-paintings in Ladakh, there are no indigenous wall-painting restorers. Since 2005 THF has been training two Ladakhis students in basic skills and approaches to wall-painting conservation, in partnership with University of Applied Sciences Erfurt (TFH). In 2007, funded by Inwent, the two, Yangchen Dolma and Skarma Lotos, could go to Erfurt to be trained in the laboratories.
As implementing partner to A.S.I.A. initiative to launch a campaign to discuss and raise awareness about sustainable development of Tibet's physical heritage, THF experts 
The THF Ladakh team has arrived in Leh to continue the work with the local LOTI team on the Leh Old Town Conservation Project.