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Heritage, My Hometown Culture, Student Program, World Heritage Sites

Exploring the Vernacular Heritage of Central Texas

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016

How can history and heritage be so easily overlooked when it is right in front of you? Buildings can conceal their story or blend into …

Blog, Community, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Interpretation

The ‘Sound’ Heritage of the National Anthem

August 15, 2016August 27, 2016

Music ties meaningful words and brings together people. That’s the purpose of a national anthem: to develop and enrich the feeling of patriotism among the …

Built Heritage, Conservation, Heritage

Restoring Endangered Pagodas In The Land Of Morning Calm

August 14, 2016August 14, 2016

Along with their resemblance (pictured above), the two marble pagodas–?Kyungcheonsaji, AD 1348, and Wongaksaji, AD 1465 have similarities in many ways. It is not surprising …

Blog, Community, Food Heritage, Heritage

Food Festivals in Umbria,The Green Heart Of Italy

August 14, 2016August 27, 2016

The region of Umbria is located in central Italy, and represents the only region in the central and southern areas with no access to the …

Traditional wood and stone malga popping up on a pasture on the Alps. Photo credit: Pixabay

Best of 2016, Blog, Built Heritage, Conservation, Discover, Heritage

Malga: A Symbol Of Shepherd Life in the Alps

August 12, 2016September 6, 2018

Crystalline peaks and green pastures is what comes to mind when dreaming of the Alps. Today, traditional wood and stone?structures best known as malghe host …

Built Heritage, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, My Hometown Culture, Student Program, Traditions

A Glimpse into Zambia’s Dying Cultural Heritage of Vernacular Architecture

August 11, 2016August 13, 2016

When we go?back into Zambia?s history, we learn that between?the 1600s to 1900s, Zambia was at a convergence point of the popular Bantu migrations from …

Blog, Built Heritage, Community, Conservation, Heritage, Opinion, Restoration, Travel

Living among ruins: The inhabitants of Hampi

August 11, 2016October 2, 2017

When we go about an in situ?(on site in Latin) conservation, what is the best way to do it? Should we think of the site …

Built Heritage, Heritage, My Hometown Culture, Student Program

An Architect on Site: Lebanese Vernacular Architecture

August 11, 2016August 13, 2016

May I take you to the land of comfort, to the mountains that are looking over the Mediterranean Sea, to the territory of serenity and …

Blog, Built Heritage, Heritage, Religious

Auroville: Sustainable Architecture For Modern Times

August 9, 2016October 9, 2016

In 1965, Shree Maa (Blanche Rachel Mirra Alfassa or simply, Mother) the spiritual collaborator of Rishi Aurobindo had presented her sketch depicting the basic concept …