ABOUT THE
FOUNDATION
The AP Future Heritage Foundation (AP FHF) is an organisation established by AP Valletta, one of Malta’s foremost research-based architectural practices. Building on over 30 years of experience in heritage-led innovation, urban regeneration, and international collaboration, the Foundation provides a platform for new ideas at the intersection of architecture, design, and society.
AP FHF is as much about continuity as it is about innovation.
It consolidates and extends the work that AP Valletta has been engaged in for decades, providing a structured platform to pursue research and projects with long-term impact. Several initiatives that AP Valletta has initiated or contributed to in the past exemplify the type of work the Foundation will champion.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
RIGOUR
RESEARCH &
DESIGN EXCELLENCE
COLLABORATION
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PARTNERSHIPS
WHO WE ARE
GOVERNANCE BOARD
FOUNDER & GOVERNOR
DAVID
FELICE
David Felice is a founding partner of AP. He has delivered papers in several conferences and has lectured in various fora. He was an Executive Board member of the Architects Council of Europe and President of the Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers in Malta. David was the Chairman of the Valletta 2018 Foundation, which delivered Valletta’s successful bid for the title of European Capital of Culture 2018.
FOUNDER & GOVERNOR
KONRAD BUHAGIAR
Konrad Buhagiar is a founding partner of AP. He has been responsible for numerous restoration and rehabilitation works in historic buildings and urban sites. He has lectured at the University of Malta and, among others, at the Canterbury University College of Creative Arts, U.K., and at New York University, U.S.A.. He has published numerous historical and academic articles. Konrad is also the chief editor behind AP’s 'A Printed Thing' and 'Founding Myths of Architecture' publications.
GOVERNOR
ERICA
GIUSTA
Erica is an associate partner at AP. She joined in 2015 as Media and Communications Manager, occupying a role bridging architectural practice with research and communications. She became Director of Innovation in 2018, overseeing AP’s strategic research, business development, marketing and internationalisation. She has since steered AP’s research agenda, helping to re-define heritage beyond rigid traditional conservation, towards ‘Sustainable Heritage’.
EXTERNAL GOVERNOR
ANN
DINGLI
Ann Dingli is an architecture writer, editor and curator. Her writing focuses on urban belonging and ownership, the role of heritage in identity forming, and the ethics of developing the built environment. She has written for Monocle, Dezeen, Frame, Domus, Disegno, The Plan Journal and Wallpaper*. She is a regular arts and architecture correspondent for the Times of Malta and a juror for the Din L-Art Helwa Architectural Heritage Awards. Ann is a lecturer within the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Malta and has guest lectured and moderated at Reading University and the Architectural Association in London.