Recognizing the significance of comprehensive documentation in conservation efforts and its potential as a valuable resource for future generations, KVPT aims to further a deeper understanding of the Kathmandu Valley’s unique architectural heritage and to engage in international discourse on architectural preservation.
The Sulima Pagoda: East Meets West in the Restoration of a Nepali Temple
Erich Theophile, Niels Gutschow
Published with the support of the World Monument Forum
2003
Heritage Homeowner's Preservation Manual: Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site
Rohit Ranjitkar
2006
Architecture of the Newars: A History of Building Typologies and Details in Nepal
Niels Gutschow
2011
The Portals in Newar Architecture: Tiered Temple in Nepal 13th to 19th Century
Niels Gutschow
2016
Patan Darbar - Earthquake Response Campaign: KVPT Project Documentation of Work to Date
KVPT
2016
The Restoration of Sundari Chowk
Niels Gutschow (Ed.), Raju Roka (Ed.)
2017
Preserving Harishankara: Lessons in Rebuilding on Patan’s Royal Square in Nepal 2015 - 2019
Niels Gutschow (Ed.)
Published with the support of the by Gerda Henkel Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
2019
The Sky Face: Kirtimukha and Related Hybrid Creatures in the Architecture of Nepal, South and Southeast Asia
Niels Gutschow
2019
The Restoration of the Krishna Temple: Patan - Nepal 2015 - 2018
Neeta Das
Published with the support of the by Gerda Henkel Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
2020
Preserving Charnarayana: The Rebuilding of a 16th Century Temple on Patan’s Royal Square, Nepal 2015 - 2019
Niels Gutschow (ed.), Raju Roka (Ed.)
2021
Chörten in Nepal: Architecture and Buddhist Votive Practice in the Himalaya
Niels Gutschow
Courtesy of the Saraf Foundation for Himalayan Traditions and Culture
2021
Homesteading: The Claiming and Shaping of Tahaja, Hillock near Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1989 - 2019
Niels Gutschow
Courtesy of the Saraf Foundation for Himalayan Traditions and Culture
2021
Patan — Vãbāhā: History and Inventory of a Newar Buddhist Monastery
Niels Gutschow, Nutandhar Sharma, Bijay Basukala
Published with the support of the Gerda Henkel Foundation; courtesy of the Saraf Foundation for Himalayan Traditions and Culture
2022
Monuments of the Kathmandu Valley: Before and After the 2015 Earthquake
Rohit Ranjitkar
Published with the support of the Leon Levy Foundation
2023
Nepalese Wood Carving:
The Roof Struts of Patan Darbār Square
1565 to 1735
Niels Gutschow
2023
The Nepalese Caitya:
1500 Years of Buddhist Votive Architecture in the Kathmandu Valley
Niels Gutschow
2023
Restoration of Itumbaha: Buddhist Kathmandu Campaign - Itumbaha Initiative 2002 - 2016
Niels Gutschow, Thomas Schrom, Rohit Ranjitkar
Published with the support of the Alliance De Protection Du Patrimoine Culturel Asiatique, Paris, France
2023
Architecture in Nepal
Pratapaditya Pal
2024
Tradition and Modernity in Patan: The Paradox of Architectural Preservation in Nepal
Niels Gutschow, Rohit Ranjitkar
Published with the support of the Leon Levy Foundation
2025
Nepal Dialogues
A.G. Krishna Menon, Erich Theophile
2025
Books
Timber Conservation Problems of the Nepali Pagoda Temple
Rohit Ranjitkar and Erich Theophile
ICOMOS International Wood Committee
1992
A Rāma Temple in the 19th-Century Nepal: History and Architecture of the Rāmacandra Temple in Battīsputalī, Kathmandu
Edited by Alex Michaels
Institute for the Comparative Study of Religions, University of Bern; Nepal Research Center
1995
Learning from Sulima: East Meets West in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley
Erich Theophile
2000
The Protectors of Monuments
2004
Kal Bhairav
2005
A Historic Rest House on Patan Durbar Square World Heritage Site
2006
Asia Conserved
2009
Relics Are Heard History Is Seen
2014
Architecture Galleries
2014
The City We Have Built
2015
Laxmi Narayan Temple in Kathmandu Darbar Square
Restoration after 2015 Earthquake
Rohit Ranjitkar
2017
Taribabu A Lucky Artist in Metalcraft
2017
Reports & Articles
The Traditional Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley
Wolfgang Korn
1972
Nepal Mandala
Mary Slusser
1982
Newar Towns and Buildings
Niels Gutschow, Bernhard Kolver, Ishwarand Shresthacarya
1987
Patan Musuem
Gotz Hagmuller
2003
Monument Conservation in Nepal My Experience with the World Heritage Sites of the Kathmandu Valley
Dr. Saphalya Amatya
2007
Kathmandu Valley Style
Lisa Choegyal, Craig Potton, Gautam SJB Rana
2008
The Antiquity of Nepalese Wood Carving
Mary Shepherd Slusser
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
2010
The Cultural Heritage of Nepal, before, during and after the 2015 Earthquakes
2016
Himalayan Style
Claire Burkert, Thomas Kelly
2022
Patan - Conservation at a World Heritage Site in Nepal
Gabriela Krist, Martina Haselberger (eds.)
2025
Further Reading
The Traditional Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley
Wolfgang Korn
1972