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Photo © Stephen J. Kelley/World Monuments The Trashigang Dzong fortress in Bhutan, South Asia, is one of the sites that will be protected. Two preservation groups have teamed up to launch a $1 million global initiative to protect historic sites damaged by natural or manmade disasters. Photo © Stephen J. Kelley/World Monuments Fund The Trashigang Dzong fortress in Bhutan. Related Links: Dutch Firms Wins Preservation Prize WMF Announces 2010 Watch List The World Monuments Fund, a New York-based nonprofit, and the Prince Claus Fund, an Amsterdam-based entity supported by the Dutch government, have each promised to contribute $500,000 to their

Maureen Moran, whose studio, MCLA, counts among the four largest lighting consultancies in the nation’s capital, can design an office for a Washington attorney in her sleep.

Bierman Henket Architecten and Wessel de Jonge Architecten, whose principals co-founded Docomomo International, have nabbed the 2010 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize. Photo © Michel Kievits/Sybolt Voeten For their meticulous restoration of the Zonnestraal Sanatorium, Bierman Henket Architecten and Wessel de Jonge Architecten have won the 2010 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize. “We associate Modernism of the late 1920s with gleaming whiteness,” says Barry Bergdoll, Museum of Modern Art architecture and design curator. “This is not architecture that looks particularly good in a ruinous state.” Yet, in 1995, the Modernist landmark Zonnestraal Sanatorium, located in Hilversum, Netherlands, was the picture

Photo courtesy NTHP Stephanie Meeks Yesterday the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) named a replacement for longtime president Richard Moe, who announced his pending retirement in late 2009 and left earlier this month. Scheduled to start work on July 6, Stephanie Meeks will be the eighth president of the 61-year-old organization, which was created by legislation signed by President Harry Truman. Currently Meeks is president and CEO of Counterpart International, a nonprofit organization that offers economic-stimulus aid and governance assistance to impoverished communities. Prior to assuming that role in November 2008, Meeks held various positions over 18 years at

This Friday, the 2010 FIFA World Cup gets under way in South Africa, marking the first time an African nation has hosted the global sporting event since it began in 1934. With 3.8 million tickets for sale, the month-long tournament, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, is expected to draw approximately 450,000 foreign visitors. Image courtesy FIFA (top); GMP (above) Click on the slide show icon to see additional photos. The South African government has reportedly spent billions on infrastructure improvements and stadium construction since the country was selected in May 2004 to host this year’s tournament. The

A new project chronicles the life and work of Paul Revere Williams, who in 1923 became the AIA’s first African-American member.

Past decades have dealt several windfalls to historic preservation. Thanks to the broadening of the movement to include places with social historical relevance, as opposed to a focus on mansions and political-history sites, “We’re seeing more diverse faces,” says Valecia Crisafulli, acting vice president of programs at the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP), “and certainly the Modernist thread is bringing in younger people.” More recently, the Great Recession has provided another jumpstart, as frugal Americans are visiting nearby historic state parks and other sites more frequently. Yet the economic downturn has put those very travel destinations in jeopardy. Budget

A patient’s vision of what cancer care should be like inspires the greats.

Even as a young playwright, Québec City’s Robert Lepage, the prolific artistic director responsible for such productions as Cirque du Soleil’s Kà in Las Vegas and the upcoming staging of Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, wanted to make his mark on the Bunge.

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