THF News
| UNESCO honors THF Ladakh project | 12:49 PM, 09 May 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 | 5:47 PM, 08 Sep 2007 |
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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.