LADAKH / BEIJING / TURKEY

Revamping historical neighborhoods

An episode from the series HERITAGE HEROES

Synopsis

Andre Alexander used indigenous labor to restore 178 mud and timber buildings in Ladakh, India.

He Shuzhong took on the authorities to prevent the demolition of 2,000-year-old courtyards in Beijing.

Professor Yılmaz Büyükerşen, mayor of Eskisehir in central Turkey, inspired the complete rehabilitation of the old Ottoman city.