Preservation Architect Spring 2011 UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS Voices in Preservation Education: An Interview with Hugh Miller, FAIA Wednesday March 23, 2011, 6:30 pm | Middleton-Pinckney House, Charleston, SC By Ashley Robbins, AIA, 2011 Chair, AIA-HRC Historic Preservation Education Subcommittee The American Institute of Architects, Historic Resources Committee and Clemson/College of Charleston Graduate Program in Historic Preservation will introduce the inaugural lecture in a series entitled Voices in Preservation Education with an interview with Hugh Miller, FAIA, on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 6:30 pm in the Middleton-Pinckney House, piano nobile. The interview will be taped, recorded and archived at the College of Charleston & viewed online in the next issue of Preservation Architect. The Middleton-Pinckney House is located at 14 George Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Seating is limited. RSVP Allisyn Miller (843-937-9596) More Information. Symposium on the Restoration of Cast and Wrought Iron March 19 - 20, 2011 | Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, Columbia University, New York, New York From the Historic Preservation Education Foundation Wrought and cast iron have long been among the most versatile building materials available to designers, craftsmen, and builders. Able to provide structural utility and decorative embellishment, iron can mimic delicate filigree or the solidity of a stone column. In the United States, especially during the late nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries, hand-crafted wrought-iron and mass-produced cast-iron features were common in municipal buildings, churches, warehouses, factories, and commercial storefronts. Though extremely durable, cast and wrought iron, like all historic materials, require sensitive maintenance, repair, rehabilitation and, on occasion, replacement. Read full article. Society of Architectural Historians 64th Annual Meeting April 13-17, 2011 | New Orleans, LA More Information and Paper Session Descriptions. Why Does the Past Matter? US/ICOMOS Conference May 4-7, 2011 | UMass Center for Heritage and Society, Amherst MA By Neil Silberman- ICOMOS-ICIP and the UMass Amherst Center for Heritage and Society More Information. AIA-HRC Pre-Convention Workshop at 2011 AIA Convention Wednesday May 11, 2011 | 8:30AM - 5:30PM | New Orleans, LA By H. Thomas McGrath Jr. FAIA – 2011 Chair, AIA Historic Resources Committee WE110 Evolutionary or Revolutionary: The Role of Traditional Building and Lessons Learned in the Recovery of post-Katrina New Orleans Wednesday, 8:30AM - 5:30PM, $325 | 7.5 HSW/SD/LU Hours | Speaker(s): Robert J. Berkebile, FAIA, Steven B. Bingler, AIA, REFP, NCARB, Tom Darden III, Andres M. Duany, FAIA, Patricia Gay, Lindsay Jonker, Clem Labine, Ann M. Masson, Byron J. Mouton, AIA, Steve Mouzon, AIA, CNU, LEED, Casius Pealer Assoc. AIA, Daniela Rivero, Steven Semes The recovery and rebuilding of residential neighborhoods in New Orleans offers a unique learning experience for those who preserve, rehabilitate, and build residential architecture. The extraordinary destruction from the Katrina event to the New Orleans housing stock was massive. Even today, thousands of homes continue to deteriorate and remain vacant as a result of economic conditions, lack of insurance, and other factors. This AIA pre-convention Workshop will focus on the application of design advocacy (design, practice, leadership, sustainability, technology, and collaboration) that has occurred when and where infill residential structures have been built or restored in New Orleans neighborhoods. Read full article. AIA-HRC Luncheon at 2011 AIA Convention Friday May 13, 2011 | New Orleans, LA By H. Thomas McGrath Jr. FAIA - 2011 Chair, AIA Historic Resources Committee EV306 AIA Historic Resources Committee Luncheon, Friday, 11:30AM - 1:30PM, $65 | Speaker: Scott Bernhard, AIA, Director of the Tulane City Center and Mintz Professor of Architecture at the Tulane School of Architecture The AIA Historic Resources Committee Luncheon is an annual event for convention participants who work or are interested in the historic preservation and rehabilitation fields of practice. Experience James Beard Award-winning Chef Donald Link's cuisine in a new private event facility at the Higgins's Room at Calcasieu's in an original New Orleans warehouse. The 2011 HRC Luncheon is conveniently located just two blocks from the Convention Center above Cochon's Restaurant. This event promises both an excellent way to enjoy contemporary Louisiana cuisine and to network with your preservation colleagues. Following our meal, Scott Bernhard, AIA, Director of the Tulane City Center and Mintz Professor of Architecture at the Tulane School of Architecture will share his insights into the history of the development of New Orleans' unique architectural heritage and his analysis of the city's recovery and the future of its cultural legacy. Leicester B. Holland Prize: Single Sheet Measured Drawing Competition May 31: Postmark deadline for submission of entry forms June 30: Postmark deadline for submission of completed entries More Information Heritage on the Edge: Sustaining Buildings, Landscapes and Communities APT Victoria 2011 October 11-16, 2011 | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada More Information Alternating Currents: 2011 National Preservation Conference October 19-22, 2011 | Buffalo, NY http://info.aia.org/blast_images/kc/HRC_Preservation_Architect_2011_03.html[3/25/2011 3:48:49 PM] Preservation Architect Spring 2011 More Information Southeast Chapter Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting October 26-30, 2011 | Clemson University, Charleston, SC By Ashley Wilson, AIA, Clemson/College of Charleston MSHP Program (SESAH) will hold its 29th Annual Meeting in Charleston, SC, from October 26-29, 2011. The SESAH Host Committee invites abstracts for individual papers or proposals for session panels, consisting of three papers and a chair. As with all SESAH conferences, papers and sessions may address any aspect of the history of the built environment as well as any geographical region, historical period, or scale. Abstracts should be sent by May 1, 2011. More Information. The Advisory Council's 2011 Section 106 Course Schedule By Advisory Council on Historic Preservation The ACHP is offering the 106 Essentials and the Advanced Seminar in 12 locations across the country. All courses are taught by highly knowledgeable ACHP staff who are engaged both on a daily basis and have practical hands-on experience with Section 106 issues. More Information. IN THE NEWS Letter from the 2011 Chair By H. Thomas McGrath Jr., FAIA, 2011 Chair AIA Historic Resources Committee Dear Historic Resources Committee Members: This is my first letter as the Chair of the 2011 Advisory Group of the AIA Historic Resources Committee (HRC) and already I sense the year starting to accelerate past me. It was only a couple of weeks ago that next year's incoming 2012 Chair Jean Carroon and I attended the AIA Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. Jean and I used our time together at Grassroots to attend a meeting with the other AIA Knowledge Community Advisory Group Chairs at a leadership forum and discuss our plans for implementing several of the actions outlined in our 2011 HRC operating plan. Read letter. Read NPS Preservation Briefs and Earn Continuing Education Credits By Harry Hunderman, FAIA, 2010 Chair, AIA Historic Resources Committee The Historic Resource Committee has arranged, in collaboration with the Historic Preservation Education Foundation for AIA Learning Units to be available through a series of quizzes based on the National Park Service Preservation Briefs. The Preservation Briefs are an ongoing series of publications by the U.S. National Park Service that provides guidance on preserving, rehabilitating, and restoring historic buildings. The first two quizzes are now available. Read article. AIA-HRC Historic Sites Advocacy Team By Sharon C. Park, FAIA The Historic Sites Advocacy Team (HSAT) is a subcommittee of the AIA's Historic Resource Committee (HRC) and is charged with responding to requests for assistance on endangered historic properties. The team is committed to identifying, understanding and helping to preserve the architectural heritage in this country and internationally. The AIA Policy on Support for Threatened Historic Resources was adopted in September of 2008 and charges the HSAT with reporting to the Executive Committee of the AIA a recommendation for action. Learn more about the HSAT. Carolyn Kiernat, AIA Appointed to AIA HRC Advisory Group By James J. Malanaphy, AIA The AIA HRC Advisory Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Carolyn Kiernat, AIA, as the newest member of the HRC Advisory Group. Read article. FEATURES Historic Preservation Education in American Schools of Architecture By Ashley R Wilson, AIA, ASID, Clemson University/College of Charleston Economic realities are causing the construction industry to shift from new construction to revitalization, creating an ever increasing demand for preservation architects. Since 1976, thirty-eight historic preservation degrees and eleven certificate programs have formed in both undergraduate and graduate schools. But preservation education is often viewed as supplemental to the training of an architect. As a possible result, three out of every four of these new programs have been created outside of architecture departments. While this reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the field and the trend to embrace cross-college degrees,