As part of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of Europe, the National Heritage Board of Latvia is organizing an international conference "The Sense of Contemporary Architecture in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage" which will take place in Riga on 29-31 May. It is often the case that the architectural heritage is damaged by the architectural sector itself, but there are also many success stories where high-quality contemporary architecture contributes to the preservation and re-use of cultural heritage.