2023 Winner and finalists

2023 Winner and finalists

The winner and finalists of the 2023 Religious Heritage Innovator of the Year competition have been announced! The Award ceremony will take place in Krakow, Poland, on 22 September 2024 during the FRH Conference “Religious Heritage in Transition: Challenges and Solutions”.

The winning project of the 2023 edition is the York Minster Precinct Neighbourhood Plan developed by the Chapter of York (United Kingdom).

The finalist projects selected by the jury are: Jews of Czechia: Yesterday and Today by Miller Mosaic, LLC (USA), the Triegel-Cranach Altarpiece on Naumburg Cathedral’s Marian Altar by Vereinigte Domstifter zu Naumburg und Merseburg und des Kollegiatstifts Zeitz (Germany) International Burial Grounds Survey by AG Intl Ldt & Church of England (United Kingdom) and Monasteries: Past, Present and Future by Patrimonio para Jóvenes (Spain).

The competition has been judged by Anne Grady (Head of Development with the National Museum of Ireland to the CULT Committee of theEuropean Parliament), Gilles Guey (President of the Association of Directors of Culture of French Large Cities and Urban Areas), Justin Kroesen (Professor of Cultural History at the University of Bergen), Greg Pickup (Chief Executive of The Churches Conservation Trust) and Florian Trott (Managing Director of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe). More information about Jury members here.