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
The Construction History Society of America will host a meeting exploring, “Interventions: The Roles of Disaster and Industrialization in Construction History”, Saturday, 29 October 2011 at The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen in New York City.
“Inventions over the last two centuries have driven vast changes in building design and construction. New inventions and innovation of existing ideas, [...]
On October 27 and 28, 2011, The Carpenters’ Company will present an expanded Master Builder Dialogues event, Preserving America, in collaboration with the National Park Service.
Preserving America is geared toward architects, engineers, builders and others with a professional passion for historic preservation. The event will allow attendees to become familiar — through actual examples and site [...]
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced today that its second annual GreenGov Symposium, which aims to bring together leaders from government, the private sector, non-profits and academia to identify opportunities to create jobs, grow clean energy industries, and curb pollution by greening the Federal Government, will be held in Washington, DC on October 31 through November 2, 2011. This year’s event will be co-sponsored by CEQ and the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO).
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The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the University of Pittsburgh’s Architectural Studies Program, and Carnegie Museum of Art will hold a symposium exploring strategies for preserving and interpreting iconic modern house museums in celebration of Fallingwater’s 75th anniversary:
“When he designed Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright abandoned conventional notions of building and living. New materials and technologies permitted unprecedented experimentation, while [...]
On Saturday March 19 and Sunday, March 20, 2011, HPEF, APTNE, Columbia University, and the AIA Historic Resources Committee will present a Symposium on the Restoration of Cast and Wrought Iron. The one and one-half day event will feature sessions on the properties and appropriate treatment of historic cast and wrought iron, an evening reception [...]
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The Association for Preservation Technology Northeast Chapter is sending out a call for presentations for the February 4, 2011 Annual Symposium to be held in Boston, Massachusetts. The topic that presentations are to address is The Use of Substitute Materials for Historic Preservation Projects. The Symposium would like to explore the decisions that are made [...]
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International Preservation Trades Workshop and International Trades Education Symposium this August 25-29, 2009 in Leadville, Colorado.
Read more →NCPTT’s David W. Morgan and the University of Arizona’s Arleyn Simon co-hosted a symposium at the annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, held April 25-29 in Austin, Texas.
Read more →Architectural records are vital documentation of our built environment and provide insight into social and economic trends throughout history
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