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Calendar of Events
TRADITIONAL BUILDING EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 20-23, 2010. The nation’s largest event dedicated to historic restoration, renovation, landscapes and streetscapes, as well as historically inspired new construction, will be held at the Navy Pier in Chicago, IL. The conference includes sessions with professional learning units available through the AIA, ASLA, ASID, IIDA, AIC and the APA. It will also feature the Palladio Awards presentations and the Clem Labine Award ceremony. For details on programs and exhibiting, go to traditionalbuildingshow.com.
10TH ANNUAL SAX STONECARVING WORKSHOPS, July 12-18, & August 7-13, 2010. This year, Sax Stonecarving will conduct two seven-day intensive stone carving workshops in Rinconada, NM. The first will feature guest instructor Nicholas Fairplay, who has worked on Westminster Abbey, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and, most recently, four marble lions on the Utah state capitol. The latter session features guest instructors Joseph Kincannon, a professional carver with 30 years experience, and Kazutaka Uchida, an artist from Tokyo, Japan. Participants with little or no experience will have the chance to experience one-on-one instruction. For more information visit, www.saxstonecarving.com.
ASLA ANNUAL MEETING & EXPO, September 10-13, 2010. The American Society of Landscape Architects will hold its annual meeting and expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Attendees will have over 130 education sessions, field sessions, tours and workshops to choose from and the chance to earn up to 21 professional development hours. Visit www.asla.org/2010meeting for details.
ICA&CA PRIVATE CLASSICAL PARIS TOUR, September 12-18, 2010. ICA&CA will be hosting a guided tour of Paris. Participants will visit significant examples of French Classical architecture and have private access to ambassadorial residences, French institutions and private residences owned by members of the French nobility and private art collectors. For more information, visit www.classicist.org.
TRADITIONAL WOODCARVING INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP, September 20-22, 2010. Decorative wood-carver Frederick Wilbur will instruct a three-day introductory woodcarving workshop at his studio in Lovingston, VA. This course is a prerequisite for additional courses and is designed for beginners; tools and materials will be provided. Students will learn basic carving techniques and practice simple relief carving designs. For more information on this and other sessions, contact Frederick Wilbur at 434-263-4827 or fcwilbur@verizon.net.
APT CONFERENCE, October 6-9, 2010. The Association for Preservation Technology International will host its annual conference at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, CO. The event features workshops, symposiums, exhibits and field sessions. For conference updates, visit www.apti.org.
WRIGHT WAY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOUR, October 12-18, 2010. The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust will host a tour of southern California’s scenery, art and architecture. Private tours include visits to Wright’s Hollyhock House and Freeman House, four Greene and Greene designs as well as a trip to Pasadena Heritage’s Annual Craftsman Weekend, featuring a bungalow walk. For more information, visit www.GoWright.org.
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PRESERVATION TRADES WORKSHOP, October 21-23, 2010. IPTN will partner with Frankfort Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites and others to host its 14th annual workshop in the quaint historic town of Frankfort, KY. Attendees will be within walking distance of the nearby River View Park and downtown Frankfort’s historic and modern architecture. For workshop updates, visit www.iptw.org.
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM PROGRAMS & EXHIBITS. The National Building Museum in Washington, DC, offers a series of exhibits and programs throughout the year on topics dealing with architectural design and building. Many of the programs qualify for AIA continuing-education units. Current exhibitions include "Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection," a study of the building materials, architectural styles and construction practices that defined urban America from the late-19th through the mid-20th centuries. The building itself is worth the visit, and 45-minute walk-in tours are offered daily. For details on current programs and a tour schedule, go to www.nbm.org.
PRESERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAMS. Throughout the year, the Preservation Education Institute, a program of Vermont-based Historic Windsor, Inc., offers workshops on various preservation skills, technology and practices for building and design professionals, property owners and others. This year, courses include wood carving, plaster repair, window repair and timber-frame evaluation and repair. For a complete listing of current programs, go to www.preservationworks.org or contact Judy Hayward at 802-674-6752.
WOOD-CARVING WORKSHOPS. Classically trained master wood-carver Dimitrios Klitsas conducts classes in wood carving at his studio in Hampden, MA, for novices as well as professionals looking to take their skills to the highest level. Classes are available for both group and individual instruction. For more details, go to www.klitsas.com or call 413-566-5301.
WORKSHOPS ON HISTORICAL LIME MORTARS. A comprehensive two-day course details the hows and whys of using lime putty mortars for re-pointing historic masonry. The workshop combines lectures and laboratory work with hands-on lime slaking and re-pointing all different types of historic masonry walls. For course schedules and registration details, call 773-286-2100 or go to www.usheritage.com/events.htm
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News
JULY 2010
Wright Way Southern California Tour, October 12-18, 2010
Joint Center for Housing Studies: Remodeling Expected to Accelerate
National Trust Launches Historic Real Estate Website
WSJ Slide Show: "Austin Gothic"
Members of Congress Urge USGBC to Accept Additional Forest Certification Systems
New Urban News on Steven W. Semes's The Future of the Past
ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo: September 10-13, 2010
WSJ Slide Show: "Richmond Historic"
NYT Streetscapes: "The Late Great Charles Schwab Mansion"
Restore Media President Peter H. Miller: "What I Learned at AIA"
JUNE 2010
WSJ Slide Show: "Portland Manor"
Preservation: "Threatened: Pre-Revolutionary War House"
Stephanie Meeks Named Eighth President of National Trust for Historic Preservation
NYT: "Change Comes to a Dakota Apartment"
HUD Grants to Require LEED for Neighborhood Development
WSJ Slide Show: "Sweet Home Alabama"
Steve Mouzon's New Original Green Available
James Doyle Named 2010 APLD International Landscape Designer of the Year
WSJ Slide Show: "Savannah Restoration"
WSJ Slide Show: "Boston Behemoth"
WSJ Slide Show: "A Glass House Ancestor"
Preservation: Richard Moe Reflects on 17 Years as NTHP President
MAY 2010
Eighteenth CNU Congress Brings Together Diverse Partners with a Common Cause
WSJ Slide Show: "Up in Seal Harbor"
WSJ Slide Show: Truman Capote's Brooklyn Heights Townhouse
NYT: "To the Rescue of a Tudor Beauty"
ICA&CA Texas Chapter and Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Collaborate on Home Design Competition
NYT Slide Show: "A Touch of History in New Jersey"
APRIL 2010
LEED-ND Rating System Launched
WSJ Slide Show: "St. Louis Restoration"
Looking for Experts in Historic Preservation and Restoration Who Are Also LEED Certified?
Preservation: "Remaking Madewood"
Continued Upward Trend in Architecture Billings Index WSJ Slide Show: "Queenly Restorations"
Urban Land Institute Announces Winners of 2010 Awards for Excellence
Steven W. Semes Wins the 2010 Clem Labine Award
WSJ: "Obamas Get New Hyde Park Neighbor"
EPA Requires Contractors to Become Lead-Safe Certified
2010 Arthur Ross Awards
Los Angeles Times: "Going Green with Home Preservation"
MARCH 2010
Palladio Exhibit Opens at Morgan Library in NYC
NYT: "Renovations Make a Comeback"
NTHP Announces Nominees for Great American Main Street Awards
NYT: "Tips for Anderson Cooper: How to Fix Up Your Firehouse"
New from the CNU: a "Groundbreaking" Manual on Designing Walkable Urban Streets
NYT: "How Green Is My Mansion?"
New Urban News: "Haiti to Get Prefab Housing Communities"
Builder: HUD's Shelley Poticha Discusses Sustainable Development
Restore Media's President Named Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects
WSJ Slide Show: "Magnate's Mansion"
FEBRUARY 2010
Preservation: New Yorkers Turn to the City's Archives to Guide Restorations
NYT Streetscapes: "An Architectural Encyclopedia, Vols. 1860-1890"
The Oregonian: "Portland Livability: Mixing Our Heritage with Sustainability"
Preservation: "Historic Preservation and Green Architecture: Friends or Foes?"
Preservation: "Ike-Damaged Cottage Moved for Green Restoration"
USA Today: "HUD Promotes Obama's Pitch for Sustainable Communities"
NTHP: "Weatherization Guide for Older and Historic Buildings"
NYT: "Playing with the Imagination of Edwin Lutyens"
JANUARY 2010
Eleven Firms Recognized with 2010 Palladio Awards
WSJ Slide Show: "Hudson Valley Mansion"
New Urban News: "'New Economy Home' Debuts"
WSJ Slide Show: "Maine by Half"
WSJ Slide Show: "'Gingerbread' in Brooklyn"
NYT: "Lessons From the 'Katrina Cottages'"
2010 CNU Charter Awards Accepting Submissions
DECEMBER 2009
NYT Antiques: "Arts and Crafts Sell-Off From a Major Collector"
NYT Streetscapes: "Scars From a Forgotten Skirmish"
CDC's Dr. Howard Frumkin Named Honorary Chair of CNU's 18th Congress
ICA&CA 2009 Holiday Cocktail Party & Benefit Auction
NOVEMBER 2009
New Study: Green Building to Support Nearly 8 Million U.S. Jobs Over Next Four Years (PDF)
NYT: "A Revolutionary War Widow’s Estate Becomes a Preservation Battleground"
WSJ Slide Show: "Hollywood Hills Castle"
NYT Streetscapes: "Which to Preserve, the Chicken or the Egg?"
Traditional Building by the Bay: TBEC Takes Baltimore
Richard Moe Announces Retirement as President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (PDF)
ICA&CA Elects Peter Pennoyer New Chairman of Board of Directors
Call for Presentations: Fall 2010 Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Chicago, IL (PDF)
NYT Streetscapes: "The Evelyn: The Building Denies It Ever Met That Showgirl"
OCTOBER 2009
Preservation: "Biltmore: Behind the Scenes"
The Bulletin: "Local Architect Wins First Labine Award"
NYT Streetscapes: Grosvenor Atterbury
WSJ Slide Show: "Georgetown Historic"
Vincent Scully Receives Top NTHP Honor
New Urban News: "Affordable Housing Looms As a Critical Urban Challenge"
Addison Mizner's La Ronda Demolished
Financial Times: "Old Beats New"
SEPTEMBER 2009
Robert Adam to Renovate London's Witanhurst Mansion
CNU Members Endorse LEED-ND
Nov. 2 Is Deadline for ICA&CA's Rieger Graham Prize Entries
NYT: "House for Sale Comes With a View: The Obamas"
Period Homes' 2006 Editorial Archive Comes Online
Christopher Alexander Wins 2009 Vincent Scully Prize
AUGUST 2009
NYT: "House of Sweetness and Spite"
HRH The Prince of Wales Advocates a More Democratic Planning Process
NYT: "Architects Return to Class as Green Design Advances"
Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference: Baltimore, MD, Oct. 21-24
CNU 18: "New Urbanism: Rx for Healthy Places"
WSJ: "Looking for Mr. Wright"
Walter Arnold's Staglieno - The Art of the Marble Carver Now Available
Habitat for Humanity Announces Plan to Build 5,000 Green Homes
JULY 2009
WSJ Slide Show: Frank Lloyd Wright's "Jaws House"
New Urban News: "Coping with Economic Crisis: How New Urbanists Are Responding"
Modernist Photographer Julius Shulman Dies at 98
Super! Man of Steel's Birthplace Is Restored!
Center for Metal Arts Seminar: "Moving Metal: Flow and Form in Conceptual Design"
Modern Homes Survey: New Canaan, CT
JUNE 2009
Help Pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act
Searching for Palladio
Searching for Truth Behind Green-Product Claims
Robert A.M. Stern's Villanova Heights Rising in the Bronx
ICA&CA 2009 Fellows' Summer Lecture Series
MAY 2009
Celebrating Palladio
NYT: "Historic Architecture vs. Clean Energy"
Productive Experience: Restore Media Launches Its First Micro Site
HRH The Prince of Wales Delivers Speech at the Royal Institute of British Architects
Robert Ivy, FAIA, and Clem Labine to Deliver Keynotes at Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference
NYT: "After 2 Years, a Meeting on Village Landmarks"
APRIL 2009
CNU 17: Denver, CO, June 10-14
LEED for Neighborhood Development: Second Public Opinion Now Open
Winners of the New York Landmark Conservancy "Preservation Oscars" Announced
WSJ: "The Green House of the Future"
Governing: "Road to Katrinaville"
University of Miami Offers New Online Course on the Principles and
Practice of New Urbanism
GSA Announces Buildings Slated to Receive Stimulus Funds (PDF)
Boston Globe: "Walkability" Growing as a Real Estate Plus
NYT: New IRS Green Home Incentives
NYT: "This Old Wasteful House"
ICA&CA Call for Entries: Southern California Pattern Book
Call for Presentations: Fall 2009 Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Baltimore, MD (PDF)
MARCH 2009
Preservation: "Farnsworth House To Reopen in April"
New Urban News: "Sustaining the New Urbanism"
NYT: "Challenge to Landmark Law Worries Preservationists"
CNU President and CEO Gives Congressional Testimony on Neighborhoods and Transportation Networks
Palladio Award Winner Featured in Greenwich Post
Traditional Building Show
Toughs It Out in Boston
Why This Recession Is Good for Traditional Building
FEBRUARY 2009
Building Design: The Prince's Foundation's Natural House
Rebuild and Renew America: The AIA's Plan for Restoring Our Economy and Greening Our Communities (PDF)
2009 Palladio Awards Featured in ArchitectureWeek
Chicago Tribune: "Why Court's Landmark Ruling is Wrong"
2009 Palladio Awards Announced
JANUARY 2009
G. P. Schafer Home Featured in NYT: "A Brand-New Very Old House"
Peacocks in Brooklyn: Clem Labine’s Peacock Parlor Featured in the Ornamentalist
New Urban News: "Economic turmoil alters development landscape"
Miami Herald: "Vizcaya to undergo a $50 million restoration"
Restore Media President Elected to Board of Directors of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
OCTOBER 2008
NTHP: "Change Starts Here: Preservation Priorities for President-Elect Barack Obama"
Call for Papers Now Open for CNU 17: "Experiencing the New Urbanism: The Convenient Remedy"
WSJ: "End Is in Sight for Housing Slump"
The Seaside Institute Presents "Exploring Architecture Along Northwest Florida's Gulf Coast" November 12-14
SEPTEMBER 2008
ICA&CA Presents "Intra Moenia: Palladio and the City" Symposium Oct. 24-25
Historic Neighborhoods, Traditional Buildings and Today's Economy: Industry Seer Donovan Rypkema Delivers a Sharp-Edged Assessment at the Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference
Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference Returns to Chicago September 18-20
LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance Reference Guide Released
WSJ: "The Newest Cottage Industry"
Period Homes' 2007 Editorial Archive Comes Online
Palladio Awards Featured in ArchitectureWeek
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