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TRADITIONAL BUILDING EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE PLANS APRIL EVENT AT THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER

WASHINGTON, DC, NOVEMBER 1, 2004---For the first time in the show’s 12-year history and under a new name, the Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, will take place in Philadelphia, April 27-30, 2005, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The Traditional Building Show (formerly Restoration & Renovation) is the largest national event for professionals -- architects, builders, contractors, developers, building owners, preservationists and new urbanists -- who restore and renovate historic buildings and houses or who create new buildings, houses and neighborhoods in a traditional style.

Participants may select from up to 80 educational sessions, seminars and workshops and spend hours on the exhibition floor visiting the more than 250 suppliers of specialty, hard-to-find products and services.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and keynote speaker Tom Hylton will set the tone for the event, as he describes his commitment to re shape our attitude about the way we live on the land and the public policy that reflects that attitude. The author of Save Our Land, Save Our Towns, he has dedicated himself to the preservation of open space and the revitalization of cities and towns for more than 20 years.

Conference sessions will offer something for everyone, from the historic property owner just beginning to learn about traditional building techniques and the history that shaped them, to the seasoned building professional looking for the latest in technology and design. Building professionals in the business of traditionally-inspired new construction will find “Get Your House Right – How to Avoid Common Mistakes in Today’s Traditional Architecture” extremely helpful. Trades people will benefit from timely information on techniques for restoring and repairing the distinguishing features of historic buildings from top to bottom, including slate roofs, windows, wooden shutters, porches, plasterwork, and historic paints and finishes.

On the exhibit floor, view posters of preservation projects or be part of Traditional Building Live!, interactive demonstrations by modern masters of centuries-old building crafts. Then put on your walking shoes and attend one of the hardhat tours or interactive field sessions to observe traditional building in progress.

Architects can earn up to 24 AIA continuing education credits, all of them meeting Health, Safety, and Welfare criteria. The American Institute of Certified Planners/American Planning Association, Interior Design Continuing Education Council, and Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (APPA) also have approved the course work for continuing education learning units.

Mark your calendar for this exciting event! For complete details, visit the web site at www.traditionalbuildingshow.com; call 800-982-6247; fax 202-339-0749; or email info@restoremedia.com.

Restore Media, LLC, is dedicated to serving the information needs of the commercial and residential historic restoration, renovation, and new construction industry. The company produces Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, the Traditional Building Forum, and publishes Clem Labine’s Traditional Building and Period Homes, Preservation Sourcebook, Old-House Journal, Old-House Journal’s Restoration Directory, Old-House Journal’s Traditional Products, and Old House-Journal’s New Old House.