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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
Projects/ Ladakh/ Leh Old Town/ Residential Buildings/
Akbar house - South wing Akbar house is a small house consisting of two parts: the South and North wings, which are connected with an overhang ...
30 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/ Leh Old Town/ Residential Buildings/
The Lhaba house is the former residence of an oracle in the old town. It was abandoned for decades until a Ladakhi family bought the property. ...
29 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/
Takmachik is located in Kaltsi district, in lower Ladakh, approximately 90 km from Leh. In 2012, the Takmachik community invited THF/LOTI team ...
27 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
Projects/ Ladakh/
THF/LOTI was invited to Chumathang village, located 140km from Leh in the Southeast direction, to look at Thupstan Chosling Temple, known as ...
26 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/
In 2014 THF/LOTI set up the conservation project of the Lotsawa Lhakhang in Alchi village, located 70km from Leh. THF/LOTI already worked on ...
24 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/
The Summur Lharjé shrine is the temple of the Lharjé family in Summur, a hereditary lineage of medical practitioners who have served the ...
24 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
Projects/ Rural Tibet Projects/ Qinghai Program (Amdo + Kham)/
Tashi Tinley Drupa Gatseling Monastery, or simply “Doritsang”, lies in Doritsang village, 12km northwest of Trika town. Doritsang was founded ...
19 Oct 2021
Projects/ Rural Tibet Projects/ Qinghai Program (Amdo + Kham)/
THF organized a workshop of traditional paper making with the Doritsang community. The Doritsang temple has a large number of wooden printing ...
19 Oct 2021
Projects/ Rural Tibet Projects/ Qinghai Program (Amdo + Kham)/
Jigme Wangpo (1728-1791) was born into the family of a local ruler. In 1743, he was officially recognized as the Second Jamyang Sheypa (the ...
19 Oct 2021
Projects/ Rural Tibet Projects/ Qinghai Program (Amdo + Kham)/
The most vulnerable part of traditional homes in Qinghai are the mud walls and the mud roofs. Rammed earth is the most common material used for ...
19 Oct 2021
Projects/
Introduction THF's wall-painting conservation programs has four main aims: research and identify historic wall-painting technologies used ...
19 Oct 2021
Projects/ Ladakh/
The Shel-Zimskhang house, refer here as Martha’s house was built in the early 20th century in the village of Sabu by the late Tsetan Phuntsog ...
19 Oct 2021
Projects/ Rural Tibet Projects/ Sichuan Program (Kham)/
Ringa Temple is on a sacred hill located to the south-east of Gyalthang (Zhongdian) Town. Ringa hill is encircled by a rammed-earth wall about ...
18 Oct 2021
Projects/ Rural Tibet Projects/ Qinghai Program (Amdo + Kham)/
Jyekundo is an important historic Tibetan town that developed as a major pilgrimage and trading center between the Kham, Amdo and central ...
18 Oct 2021
Projects/ Rural Tibet Projects/ Sichuan Program (Kham)/
The Langthang Dolma Lhakhang is one of the 12 temples built by emperor Srongtsan Gampo in the 7th century to pin down the demoness seen as ...
18 Oct 2021
Projects/ Sikkim/
Lachen Mani Lhakhang is located in the north district of Sikkim, and is a temple that was founded by a Tibetan lama in the 1880s. It was ...
18 Oct 2021
Projects/
THF strives to preserve living historic cities. Living cities are subject to change, and they must confrom to the aspirations of their ...
16 Oct 2021
Projects/ Sikkim/
After the successful conservation of the Tsuklakhang Temple wall paintings in Gangtok, the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology asked THF to help ...
16 Oct 2021
Projects/ Sikkim/
Rinchen Surgye house is one of the last surviving examples of its kind of vernacular architecture. The ground plan has eight corners that ...
15 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
Publications
The Lhasa House is a comprehensive survey of the architecture of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, based on the Tibet Heritage Fund’s official ...
23 Aug 2021
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’12th Century Stupas at Nyarma Ladakh’, is an article by Roberto Vitali, Yutaka Hirako and Pimpim de Azevedo published in ORIENTATIONS magazine ...
28 Jun 2021
News
The Social Welfare Secretary of the Ladakh Union Territory Administration held a virtual meeting with the NGOs of Leh District on the 15 of ...
28 Jun 2021
News
On June 10th Pimpim de Azevedo was invited to give a talk” Conserving the Architectural Heritage of High Asia - 25 Years of the Tibet Heritage ...
28 Jun 2021
News
On the 5th day of Saga Dawa (16 May 2021), Karmo Tsering (Yutaka’s close friend) gave birth to four magnificent kittens, one yellow and three ...
28 Jun 2021
News
On May 7th, Tibet Heritage Fund’s Yutaka Hirako and Pimpim de Azevedo were invited by Politecnico di Torino to participate in the third ...
28 Jun 2021
News
On 29th of April 2021 Pimpim de Azevedo was invited to talk at the Orientations Art Circle / Asia Society Lecture Series - ‘[Webcast Only] ...
28 Jun 2021
News
’12th Century Stupas at Nyarma Ladakh’, an article by Roberto Vitali, Yutaka Hirako and Pimpim de Azevedo was published in ORIENTATIONS ...
28 Jun 2021
News
THF/LOTI’s Yutaka Hirako was invited to talk at the second Ladakh Winter Conclave, held in Leh from the 21st to 23rd February 2021. The themes ...
28 Jun 2021
News
On the new moon day of the lunar calendar, Yutaka’s dream bike arrived in Leh!! His new trip machine is a Royal Enfield Himalayan BS6 model, ...
08 Dec 2020
THF in the media
Article in the South China Morning Post on 19th December 2018 On December the 19th, 2018 one article featuring the work and efforts of Tibet ...
03 Dec 2020
News
Our efforts were finally reflected in the government policy!!! THF/LOTI has been proposing setting up a "Ladakh Tangible Cultural Heritage ...
03 Dec 2020
News
The pandemic of covid-19 has now spread throughout the world, Leh was no exception, and has affected the lifestyle of the people in this small ...
03 Dec 2020
THF in the media
Japanese ABC Asahi TV filmed Yutaka Hirako 世界の村で発見！こんなところに日本人 In 2017, THF’s Yutaka Hirako was feature on the Japanese ABC Asahi Broadcasting ...
03 Dec 2020
News
In 2017, THF’s Yutaka Hirako was feature on the Japanese ABC Asahi Broadcasting Television programme ‘ Discovered in Villages in the World!’, a ...
03 Dec 2020