Spanning more than two centuries of American landscape design, What’s Out There is the only free, Wiki‐style database focused on the nation’s landscapes and landscape features, and is searchable by landscape name, type, and/or style, landscape architect and/or designer, and/or location. It is designed for use by tourists and heritage travelers; local residents; park, garden and landscape aficionados; historians, landscape architects, planners and other specialists; and the general public.
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Ammons: Welcome to the Preservation Technology podcast, the show that brings you the people and projects that are advancing the future of America’s heritage. I’m Kevin Ammons, and today we join NCPTT’s Jeff Guin as he speaks with Guy Sternberg, a certified arborist and retired landscape [...]
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A symposium is being held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, from 9AM to 5PM to honor James Marston Fitch, a founding father of historic preservation in the United States. Fitch was an architect, preservationist, and a founder of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.
The topic for this year will be “The Preservationists’ Eye: Esthetics in Reuse and Conservation of the Historic Built Environment” and will be held at the recently restored Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at 15 East 84th Street in New York City.
The deadline for applying for the Fitch Mid-Career Grant and the Richard L. Blinder Award is Wednesday, September 16, 2009.
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NCPTT joined Tulane School of Architecture, Preservation Trades Network and Save our Cemeteries to host “Cities of the Dead: Above-Ground Cemetery Preservation, Conservation, Documentation Methodology and History,” July 13-31, in New Orleans, La.
Read more →NCPTT recorded a podcast with Charlie Pepper, director of the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation’s Historic Landscape Preservation Maintenance and Education Program.
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This video examines the importance of preserving the integrity of America’s historic landscapes.
Read more →The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the Rome Prize competition. The Academy offers up to thirty fellowships for periods ranging from six months to two years.
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