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
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
Due to development pressures and insufficient regulations protecting its built heritage, the Historic Center of Buenos Aires was included in the 2010 World Monuments Watch. In September 2010, WMF and the French and Brazilian embassies supported the creation of an international symposium to raise...Read more
New Gourna is an experimental community commissioned by the Egyptian Department of Antiquities in the 1940s. The village was conceived by the renowned architect, Hassan Fathy, who championed the participation of residents in the design and construction process. New Gourna’s mixed use...Read more
After a decade of collaboration in Cairo, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and World Monuments Fund celebrated the completion of the Blue Mosque project through the creation of an exhibition describing the conservation program undertaken in partnership with the Ministry of State for Antiquities.Read more
On 7 October 2010, we visited Shobdon Church in Herefordshire. It was built from 1752 in the Gothick revival style, and stands almost intact amidst fine trees, relics of the parkland once surrounding the long-gone mansion of its patrons, the Bateman family. Times and fortunes have changed at...Read more
Desde la creación del programa World Monuments Watch en el año 1996, el World Monuments Fund (WMF) ha tenido el privilegio de trabajar en el Perú, en colaboración con socios locales. Nuestros proyectos de conservación han abarcado siglos de legado cultural y el programa World Monuments Watch ha...Read more
“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.” Churchill, in one of his less well-known phrases, gets to the heart of an important issue for us. The art of building needs tradi - tion and continuity to maintain a harmony and sense of place, even...Read more
In April 2009, World Monuments Fund convened a symposium of historians, architects, conservators, craftsmen, and scientists on the use of concrete textile block construction in the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. The text details the history of the development of this construction system and...Read more
Each year WMF supports work around the world that transforms historic places in urgent need of care into vibrant centers of activity, places to learn from and to enjoy. Sometimes our engagement is short-term and catalytic, as it is with many sites in our global advocacy program, the World Monuments...Read more