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THF members have been visiting Mongolia since 1986. In 2002 THF was invited to look at the state of several important monuments in Mongolia. ...
01 Jun 2022
Designs/
Dry toilet set Most of the furniture designed by THF and produced at AAAH ( ) aims at preserving the traditional techniques and materials while ...
26 May 2022
Projects/ Ladakh/
Stok is a village 15km from Leh, on the opposite bank of the Indus River. Stok palace has been the residence of the former royal family since ...
02 Nov 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/
Guru Lhakhang is located in Phyang village about 20km from Leh. This temple has significant historic value with its 14th century original wall ...
02 Nov 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/ Leh Old Town/ Residential Buildings/
The old part of Lakruk house is located at the upper end of Stalam Street, attached to the main Lakruk house. The heavy rain that fell in ...
01 Nov 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/ Alchi Tsatsapuri/
Kumbum stupa is in Alchi Shangrong Village, between the Tsatsapuri and Lotsawa temples, in the midst of farming fields. The stupa was badly ...
31 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/ Leh Old Town/ Residential Buildings/
Gotal Murup is a small house located at the Stalam area. The house belongs to Mr. Murup, a family member the Gotal clan, and the house was ...
31 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/ Leh Old Town/ Residential Buildings/
This small, two-storey house is the home of an old couple who are long-term residents in Leh Old Town. Ama Yanchen sought help from us to ...
31 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/ Leh Old Town/ Residential Buildings/
Shangara house is one of the big mansions in the old town. The Shangara family used to lead the regular trading mission to Lhasa, called ...
30 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/ Leh Old Town/ Residential Buildings/
Kalmak house is a small charming house, which shares one wall with Onpo house. Because of the ongoing restoration of the Onpo house it was a ...
30 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/ Leh Old Town/ Residential Buildings/
Lhaba Yangchen’s is a small house located in the Stalam street. Mrs Yangchen and her husband came from a Lhaba (oracle) family. One of the ...
30 Oct 2021
THF in the media
Soleha Kousar interviewed Yutaka Hirako about his work and Tibet Heritage Fund for her article “Open Door to Architecture & Conservation“ ...
27 Oct 2021
News
On Sunday, October 17, the birthday of Tashi Rabgias, Ladakh's eminent historian and poet, the Tashi Rabgias Foundation was inaugurated, in ...
23 Oct 2021
News
The International Journal of Wood Culture ( IJWC) , September 2021 published an article by Mechtild Mertz about “Wood identification od Ancient ...
03 Oct 2021
News
August 25th to 28th there was a 3 day workshop organized by the Ministry of Tourism, GOI and Union Territory of Ladakh’s Department of Tourism. ...
03 Oct 2021
News
Yutaka Hirako was invited to give a talk on August 4th to the Naropa Institute’s 55 fellows (from across India, Nepal, Bhutan and Nigeria). ...
03 Oct 2021
News
On 15 July, Yutaka Hirako, Stanzin Dolker and Sonam Gyatso attended a workshop on “Ease of living index and Municipality index” organized by ...
03 Oct 2021
Publications
The Temples of Lhasa is a comprehensive survey of historic Buddhist sites in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. The study is based on the Tibetan ...
23 Aug 2021
Publications
Hong Kong-based artist Fongie visited THF's Ladakh project in 2010 for two months, and created unique drawings of sites and people in old Leh. ...
23 Aug 2021
Publications
Written and illustrated by Pimpim de Azevedo, about a young Tibetan boy who goes on pilgrimage through Tibet with his parents. He is impressed ...
23 Aug 2021
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