Following on from the award it received at MIPIM last March, property consultants Colliers International's reconstruction of the Sri Lankan village of Kirinda has been selected as a finalist for the 2007 CNBC International Property Awards in Las Vegas. Colliers created the project to restore the village in a sustainable way after it had been hit by last year's tsunami. The awards are to be held at the Bellagio hotel on the last day of the National Association of Realtors conference and expo in Las Vegas from 13th-16 November.

Following on from the award it received at MIPIM last March, property consultants Colliers International's reconstruction of the Sri Lankan village of Kirinda has been selected as a finalist for the 2007 CNBC International Property Awards in Las Vegas. Colliers created the project to restore the village in a sustainable way after it had been hit by last year's tsunami. The awards are to be held at the Bellagio hotel on the last day of the National Association of Realtors conference and expo in Las Vegas from 13th-16 November.

Shigeru Ban's firm of architects worked with Colliers to reconstruct the village, donating their time and using local traditions and materials in a design that both conforms to the highest environmental standards and ensures that the houses can breathe in the heat and that air can circulate freely inside. 'I am delighted that we have received this recognition for the project,'says Philip Bay, Regional Director, Colliers International Southeast Europe, who initiated the project. 'It underlines what an extraordinary achievement this is by Shigeru Ban, my colleagues in Colliers, and of course the people of Kirinda and our friends in Sri Lanka.'