The Din l-Art Helwa Award for Architectural Heritage for 2007 is now open for entries. The award has been designed to encourage better architecture by rewarding any building project which made an outstanding and significant contribution to architectural excellence in a Maltese context and that the project sends a clear message that old buildings can be successfully restored and converted to modern use while retaining their character and intrinsic value.

The Din l-Art Helwa Award for Architectural Heritage has now established itself as a worthy and prestigious annual event which brings well-merited recognition not only to the architects rewarded, but also to their parent firms and the architectural profession more widely.

Din l-Art Helwa said that in the course of the last year, there has been a most encouraging increase in conservation and restoration of old buildings and monuments in Malta – both in the private and the public sector.

The heritage organisation therefore feels that these greatly deserve encouragement and public recognition.

More information about the award, application and registration forms are available from the Malta Chamber of Architects, or from the Din l-Art Helwa offices at 133 Melita Street, Valletta. Entries should be submitted by not later than 15 September.

For more information, phone on tel. 2122-0358.