The Din l-Art Ħelwa Award for Architectural Heritage is now open.
The award was designed to encourage better architecture by rewarding any building project which made an outstanding and significant contribution to architectural excellence in a Maltese context.
The project also has to send a clear message that old buildings can be successfully restored and converted to modern use by retaining their character and intrinsic value.
Eligible projects include the restoration or conservation of buildings, the adoption of buildings to new uses, building additions or alterations, or new building projects in conservation areas.
The projects can relate either to a single building, a complex of buildings, or historic urban environment or townscape. The project will be judged on the quality of the work executed, its historic, cultural, educational and social relevance, the preliminary research conducted and its aesthetic and visual merit.
More information about application and registration is available from the Malta Chamber of Architects, or from DLĦ offices at 133 Melita Street, Valletta.
Submissions have to be made by September 30. For more information call 2122 0358 or 2122 5952.