UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards

UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards (since 2000) are given with as the strategic purpose of UNESCO with in the region Asia Pacific. The objective is to motivate the protection of Cultural Heritage sites, which are initiated by any individual organization under private sector or institutional organization.

Award categories

The Awards consist of five categories.
* Award of Excellence.
* Award of Distinction.
* Award of Merit.
* Honourable Mention.
* Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts

Laureates

2022

Award of Excellence: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum, Mumbai, India

Award of Distinction

Stepwells of Golconda, Hyderabad, India

Zarch Qanat, Yazd, Iran

Neilson Hays Library, Bangkok, Thailand

Award of Merit

Topdara Stupa, Charikar, Afghanistan

Nantian Buddhist Temple, Fujian, China

Domakonda Fort, Telangana, India

Byculla Station, Mumbai, India

Sadoughi House, Yazd, Iran

25 Chivas in Kathmandu, Nepal

Special Recognition for Sustainable Development

West Guizhou Lilong Neighborhood, Shanghai, China

Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts

M30 Integrated Infrastructure for Power Supply and Waste Collection, Macao SAR, China

Xiaoxihu Block, Nanjing, China

2019

* Award of Excellence: Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts of Hong Kong SAR
* Award of Distinction:
** Keyuan Garden, Suzhou, China
** Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
** Nelson School of Music, Nelson, New Zealand
* Award of Merit:
** Tseto Goenpa, Paro, Bhutan
** Guyue Bridge, Chi’an Town, Zhejiang, China
** Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue, Mumbai, India
** Our Lady of Glory Church, Mumbai, India
** Lyttelton Timeball Station, Christchurch, New Zealand
* Honourable Mention:
** The 5s Classroom, Preshil The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, Kew, Australia
** Westpac Long Gallery, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
** Liddell Bros. Packing Plant, Wuhan, China
** Flora Fountain, Mumbai, India
* New Design in Heritage Contexts:
** Joan Sutherland Theatre Passageway and Lift, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
** Dry Pit Latrine in Jiaxian Ancient Jujube Garden, Nihegou Village, Shaanxi, China
** The Mills, Hong Kong SAR, China

2018

* Award of Excellence: Renewal of the early 20th-century Shijo-cho Ofune-hoko Float Machiya
* Award of Distinction:
** The LAMO Centre, Ladakh, India
* Award of Merit:
** 5 Martin Place, Sydney, Australia
** Aijing Zhuang, Fujian, China
** Old Warehouse of the Commercial Bank of Honjo, Saitama, Japan
* Honourable 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

2017

* Award of Excellence: Blue House Cluster, Hong Kong SAR
* Award of Distinction:
** Brookman and Moir Streets Precinct, Perth, Australia
** Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, China
* Award of Merit:
** Christ Church, Mumbai, India
** Royal Bombay Opera House, Mumbai, India
** Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, India
** Great Hall and Clock Tower Buildings, Arts Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
* Honourable Mention:
** Bomonjee Hormarjee Wadia Fountain and Clock Tower, Mumbai, India
** Gateways of Gohad Fort, Gohad, India
** Haveli Dharampura, Delhi, India
** Wellington Fountain, Mumbai, India
** Aftab Cultural House, Isfahan, Iran
** Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and Rectory Building, Singapore
* New Design in Heritage Contexts:
** Jingdezhen Ceramic Industry Museum, Jingdezhen, China
** Macha Village, Gansu Province, China
** Persian Gulf University �
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Bushehr, Iran

2016

* Award of Excellence: Sanro-Den Hall, Sukunahikona Shrine in Ōzu, Ehime
* Award of Distinction:
** Conservation and Restoration of Taoping Qiang Village, Sichuan Province, China
** Conservation of St. Olav's Church, Serampore
* Award of Merit:
**Repairs and Restoration to the Cama Building, Mumbai Central, Mumbai, India
**Restoration of Fortification of Walls & Bastions of Mahidpur Fort, Madhya Pradesh, India
**Conservation of the 17th Century Shahi Hammam, Lahore, Pakistan
* Honourable Mention:
**Renovation Project of Wu Changshuo Residence Archaeological Site, Zhejiang Province, China
**Fudewan Miners Village of Wenzhou Alunite Mine in China, Zhejiang Province, China
**The World Bank loan Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project, Liu Ancestral Hall Preservation and Renovation Project of Sanmentang Village, Tianzhu County, Guizhou province, China
**Revitalisation of the Old Tai Po Police Station
**Restoration of the Main Building Doon School, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
**Darugheh House, Mashad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran.
* New Design in Heritage Contexts:
** The Brewery Yard, Central Park, Chippendale, Australia2016 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award Winners
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2015

* Award of Excellence: Vadakkunnathan Temple, Kerala, India

References

External links

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