Indonesian architect wins top award in France


JAKARTA: Indonesian architect Nabila Larasati Pranoto has won a Coup de Coeur Award in the Architecture and Sea Level Rise category for her work focusing on how architecture could help ensure the survival and empowerment of communities living along riverbanks.

The award was presented by Justin Ahanhanzo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission during a ceremony organised by the Jacques Rougerie Foundation and attended by French Culture Minister M. Franck Riester at the Institute de France in Paris on Jan 22.

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