APT Washington 2021: Preservation Beyond Politics
College of Fellows Keynote: ‘Things That Should Look Permanent Forever’: The Challenges of Preserving the Washington Metro
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Architectural Ceramic Assemblies
This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)… -
Renewing Historic Facades
As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the
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Episode 08: Reglazing Modernism
Special guests Uta Pottgiesser of TU Delft and Angel Ayón of AYON Studio Architecture and Preservation discuss their recent book, Reglazing Modernism, where they explore facade intervention strategies on Modern-era buildings through international case studies.
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Episode 05: 2020 World Congress Series | Put Your Sweater On!
Dive deeper into the top papers from the 2020 World Congress! We invite you to tune in to the second episode of the series with Eric Haas, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal at DSH // Architecture, who will be speaking about his winning paper, "Put Your Sweater On! A Case for Low Performance."
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Preserving a Historic Facade
Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former… -
Saving Face
In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of… -
Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building
This paper presents new historical research on the concrete facade of an important but relatively unknown and now demolished building by the American
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Put Your Sweater On!
During the particularly cold first months of 1977 President Jimmy Carter, in what some call “The Sweater Speech,” famously noted how much energy… -
Modern Heritage and Facade Improvements
Approximately 80% of our total building stock is from the 20th century. During the last decades, along with an increasing appreciation of modern
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Renewing Two Saarinen Icons
Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful symbols
