Current Affairs Awards & Honours

Category : Awards & Honours

The renewal of the early 20th-century ‘Shijo-cho Ofune-hoko Float Machiya’ has received the Award of Excellence in this year’s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. Ten projects from five countries – Australia, China, India, Japan, and Thailand – have been recognized by an international Jury of conservation experts in this year’s Awards.

Other Awardees include:

Award of Distinction: The LAMO Center, Ladakh, India.

Award of Merit: 5 Martin Place, Sydney, Australia. Aijing Zhuang, Fujian, China. Commercial Bank of Honjo Warehouse, Saitama, Japan.

Honorable Mention: Hengdaohezi Town, Heilongjiang, China. Rajabai Clock Tower & University of Mumbai Library Building, Mumbai, India. Ruttonsee Muljee Jetha Fountain, Mumbai, India.

New Design in Heritage Contexts: Kaomai Estate 1955, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Harts Mill, Port Adelaide, Australia.

Source- The UNESCO