Arthur Chen (CWHS, Architecture) and Benjamin Ibarra Sevilla (Architecture, CWHS) recently returned from a trip to the Philippines, where they advised the state party on the development of a world heritage site nomination. The Philippines hopes to have the Batanes province -- a sparsely populated, ten-island archipelago of historic significance and natural beauty -- added to UNESCO's list of world heritage sites, as a cultural landscape. After the Philippine state party's nomination failed to be inscribed in 2007, UNESCO asked the Center for World Heritage Studies to consult on the revision of the nomination dossier, to be resubmitted in 2008.