The MIT Department of Architecture’s Building Technology Program and the Boston Society of Architects will hold a symposium on the deign and preservation of contemporary and historic wood structures
This symposium will be held on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Continuing education credits will be available.
For more information and registration:
http://network.aia.org/events/eventdescription/?CalendarEventKey=5e2a581f-d0c6-42bd-8c61-35f87c0fd419
Do you sometimes wonder how New Orleans cemeteries came to be made up of unique above ground graves we see today? What were the cultural practices that led to these burials? Why are the graves reused? What can you learn today from these past cemetery practices? What can we do to preserve some of these [...]
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Technology & Conservation, MIT Department of Architecture–Building Technology Program, and the Historic Resources Committee of the Boston Society of Architects/AIA are hosting a symposium/training program that will examine “the basic material properties of glass, the role of thermal, mechanical, structural, and chemical properties on
performance and durability, and the effects of environmental conditions on both traditional
buildings [...]
Save the Date for IPTW-ITES 2009 from August 25-29, 2009 in Leadville, Colorado. The 13th annual International Preservation Trades Workshop will be held by the Preservation Trades Network in partnership with the Colorado Mountain College Historic Preservation program. Sponsored in part by NCPTT.
If you’re interested in sharing your skills and knowledge as a “hands on” demonstrator at IPTW 2009 submit a demonstration proposal online. Some travel assistance may be available for demonstrators. Contact Rudy Christian at rchristian@ptn.org for details.
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Andy Ferrell participated in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Sustainable Preservation Research Retreat.
Read more →NCPTT’s Sarah Jackson and Andy Ferrell attended the AIA’s annual conference in San Antonio.
Read more →This competition invites architecture students to imagine the transformation of the 1942 Library and Museum of the Cranbrook Academy of Art to better accommodate the expanding collections and growing numbers of visitors.
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