Civil Engineering and Architecture 9(6): 1744-1753, 2021 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/cea.2021.090608 The Domination of Cultural and Symbolic Capital in the Preservation of Temple Heritage Architecture through a Restoration Approach in Bali, Indonesia I Kadek Pranajaya 1 , Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra 2,* 1 Institute Desain and Bisnis Bali, Indonesia 2 Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia Received June 6, 2021; Revised August 10, 2021; Accepted August 22, 2021 Cite This Paper in the following Citation Styles (a): [1] I Kadek Pranajaya, Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra , "The Domination of Cultural and Symbolic Capital in the Preservation of Temple Heritage Architecture through a Restoration Approach in Bali, Indonesia," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 1744-1753, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2021.090608. (b): I Kadek Pranajaya, Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra (2021). The Domination of Cultural and Symbolic Capital in the Preservation of Temple Heritage Architecture through a Restoration Approach in Bali, Indonesia. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 9(6), 1744-1753. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2021.090608. Copyright©2021 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract Architecture plays an essential role in various aspects of life and becomes evidence in tracing the nation's history. Efforts to encourage the preservation of historical buildings, including preserving the architectural style of Balinese temples, have been carried out by many people. The traditions and local wisdom of traditional Balinese architecture inherited from the people in Bali can be used as cultural capital and symbolic capital for the development and preservation of traditional Balinese architecture. Restoration activities at the Temple of Guwang Village, Gianyar Bali, Indonesia aim to restore the building as closely as possible to its original form by prioritizing aspects of preservation so that the carving patterns, ornaments, and characteristics of traditional Balinese architecture in the temple still survive as evidence of civilization and historical developments. The exploratory qualitative method [24] was used in this study by triangulation of data collection, namely from documents, observations and in-depth interviews. This research method aims to analyze the dominance of cultural and symbolic capital in the restoration process carried out by the people of Guwang Village. The results of this study will undoubtedly enrich the vocabulary of researchers and readers in understanding the process of restoring the architectural heritage of temples in Bali, and in addition, to offer knowledge in the scientific area of architectural culture and to improve and add understanding, both for authors and readers. Keywords Domination, Cultural Capital, Symbolic Capital, Preservation, Heritage Architecture, Restoration 1. Introduction Cultural heritage is a nation's cultural wealth that is important for understanding and developing history, science, and culture, so it needs to be protected and maintained to foster awareness of its identity. Cultural heritage buildings as cultural resources have an essential meaning and role in strengthening local and national identities [5]. Cultural heritage is the nation's cultural wealth as a form of thought and behavior in human life. It is crucial for understanding and developing history, science, and culture in society, nation, and state [29][30][31]. It needs to be preserved and managed appropriately through protection, development, and utilization to advance national culture for the greatest prosperity of the people [27][28]. One way to protect and maintain cultural heritage objects/sites is to restore restoration. The aim is to restore the authenticity of objects/cultural heritage sites from an archaeological, historical, and technical perspective.