Organized by COMOS Malaysia and Heritage Foundation of Malaysia (Badan Warisan Malaysia), supported by Victorian Institution Alumni 1963-1965 This illustrated talk on the architectural heritage of Kuala Lumpur is based on the speaker’s experience as a ‘KL city boy’ and his pioneering efforts for conservation and rehabilitation of historic buildings in Kuala Lumpur. His ‘story’ will touch on his involvement in the restoration and ‘adaptive reuse’ of Kuala Lumpur’s Industrial Courts, Infokraf Centre (today the National Textile Museum),the KL Library (today this is the KL Gallery) and his adaptation work of the residence of the British Resident to Malaya into a boutique hotel of Carcosa Seri Negara. Dato’ Ar. Hajeedar Majid graduated in Architecture from Portsmouth Polytechnic (UK) and practiced in Brighton before returning to Malaysia and served Urban Development Authority (UDA) as Architect and Deputy Director (1973-78). An active member of the Institute of Malaysian Architects (PAM) he served as PAM President from 1985-1987. He manages an architectural practice, Hajeedar and Associates Sdn, since 1978. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and a recipient of the prestigious PAM Gold Medal 2012. Other personal and professional awards include the Penguin Prize by Norwegian Government in 1985 for his conservation and restoration works, and the Darjah Kebesaran Sharafuddin Idris Shah (DSIS) in 2009. Today, he is Chairman of the Majlis Warisan Kebangsaan under the Ministry of Tourism and Culture. The event is open to the public with free admission but donations for the ‘Heritage Cause’ at the door are welcomed. Light refreshments will be served. Quand ? 18 April 2015, 11:30 – 13:00 Contact officiel : Contact Sabiha at admin[à]icomos-malaysia.org ou +603 2693 4182.

Who? Mesa Verde National Park What? Visit Mesa Verde National Park and World Heritage Site, a site of prehistoric Ancestral Puebloan culture, which lasted for some nine hundred years from c 450 to 1300. The park is offering free admission as part of National Park Week’s Opening Weekend. Official contact: Visitor Information – 970-529-4465 Official website: http://www.nps.gov/meve/index.htm

only open to Executive Committee members

Plenary session open to the general public09:00 – 12:30 Group discussions 14:00 – 15:30 Plenary session open to the general public 16:00 – 17:30 For information on registration, official invitation letters and visas, please consult the website http://adcom2013.icomoscr.org/ or contact: ICOMOS Costa Rica Cale 9, Avenidas 4 bis y 6. Costado sur de la iglesia La Soledad. Tel: (506) 2233 6928 Fax: (506) 2233 6928 Post Office Box: 2348 1002 San Jose, Costa Rica E-Mail: info@icomoscr.org

The annual meeting of the ICOMOS ISC Theory Committee will be hold in Florence, under the title “The HUL Challenge. Re-asseesing the Values of the Past in the Light of Contemporary Trends”; an apposite web page has been opened (http://new.lifebeyondtourism.org/evento/346/The-HUL-Challenge.-Re-asseesing-the-Values-of-the-Past-in-the-Light-of-Contemporary-Trends).

International Conference in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention Gustave Tuck Theatre, University College London For more information please visit: www.icomos-uk.org/about-us/events or contact ICOMOS-UK on: Tel: 020 7566 0031 E-mail: admin@icomos-uk.org

Organisers: Scuola Grande di San Marco

The conference, promoted by the Scuola Grande di San Marco of Venice, aims to open a
dialogue with institutions and communities at an international level and included in the
dealing with the religious cultural heritage with the aim of working mainly on the future of this
important heritage and on the duties which concern those dealing with the preservation and
appreciation.
The cultural exchange will inclusive of theology, with its numerous facets, the arts, landscape
architecture, the environment as well as economy and cultural aspects intertwined within the
contexts of individual communities. The individual person is central to this investigation.
Indeed, in a rapidly changing world, this cultural heritage plays an ever-growing role for the
person and its position within the community.
There will be key note lectures (lectiones magistrales), invited papers and a round table to
which will participate all the religious and public or private institutions which operate in the
appreciation of convents and monasteries in order that they could all present their respective
experiences, the best practices and projects to share.

Dates/times: 7-8 June 2018

Location: Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venice, Italy

Official contact for further information: Prof. Arch. Olimpia Niglio (ICOMOS Italy, PRERICO) olimpia.niglio[at]gmail.com

Official website: http://www.scuolagrandesanmarco.it/