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2012

A Walk Around the Qutb Complex

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Qutb Minar Complex is dominated by the early thirteenth century stone tower, towering above the horizon. It was once part of the fi rst urban complex in Delhi, Lal Kot, built by the Tomar Rajput rulers. Following the victory of Mahmud of Ghazni over Prithviraj...Read more
Country: 
India
Related Projects
Delhi Heritage Route
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Date: 
2012

2012 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize (pdf)

World Monuments Fund awarded the 2012 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize to the Architectural Consortium for Hizuchi Elementary School, for its impeccable restoration of Hizuchi Elementary School in Hizuchi, Yawatahama City, Ehime Prefecture, on Shikoku Island, Japan. Following serious...Read more
Country: 
Japan
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Date: 
April 2012

Connaught Place and its Surroundings

A glance at any map of Delhi, drawn after the 1920s, will show clearly what is probably the most prominent landmark of Delhi, the distinctive wheel-like structure of Connaught Place. Although it’s been officially renamed Rajiv Chowk, after India’s former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, Connaught...Read more
Country: 
India
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Delhi Heritage Route
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Date: 
Spring 2012

Monumentum, Spring 2012

It’s tempting to herald the new year; to reflect on the economic trough we operate within. But neither fit the schedule or character of our current work. For one thing, our major project at Coventry Cathedral was begun last summer and has taken the last eight months of research, planning and...Read more
Country: 
United Kingdom
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Qusayr 'Amra, Ruins of the Former Cathedral Church of St. Michael, Coventry, British Brutalism, Quarr Abbey, Newstead Abbey, Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings
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Date: 
2012

World Monuments Fund Conservation at Taos Pueblo

As a result of the inclusion of Taos Pueblo on the 2010 World Monuments Watch, WMF worked with the pueblo to conserve one of the historic structures as the centerpiece of a new youth training program focused on adobe conservation and construction techniques. The program took shape in 2010 and...Read more
Country: 
United States
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Taos Pueblo
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Date: 
March 2012

Route 66 Economic Impact Study- Synthesis of Findings

To better understand and quantify the positive effects of historic preservation along Route 66 and related tourism activities, an Economic Impact Study was undertaken by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in collaboration with the US National Park Service and World Monuments Fund, with...Read more
Country: 
United States
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Historic Route 66
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