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Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference Washington, DC 2006
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Earn 6.5 HSW CEUs
National Civic Art Society Presents:
Architecture of the Whole:
Additions to Historic Buildings and Neighborhoods
Additions to historic buildings and neighborhoods raise vexing questions for architects and preservationists. Framed during the celebrations of the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976, Standard Number Nine of the “Secretary of the Interior’s Standards” has been the authority that all levels of government and many practitioners throughout the U.S. have followed to evaluate additions for tax credits, to assure compliance with governmental programs, and to respect the past.
Standard Number Nine makes clear that an addition should be easily recognizable from the historic structure to which it is attached. It was written at a time when no one foresaw today’s thriving, widespread skilled practice of traditional architecture, reinforced by scholarly research and a resurgence of traditional building craft practice.
This day-long symposium will explore additions to historic buildings in light of the success and depth of solid work in both the worlds of historic preservation and traditional architecture. Can additions that take earlier architecture as a direct model be honest in materials and in telling the story of historic buildings? Can the profession permit new architecture that exemplifies the best of the designs of the past? Do traditional architectural styles have a place in the 21st century?
Leading professionals in the fields of historic preservation and architecture will look at recognized standards from around the world, review existing practice, offer a new paradigm, and possibly vote upon a new framework for additions. Wednesday's symposium will be followed with a day-long tour of additions to historic buildings in the Washington, DC area on Thursday October 5.
Schedule of Events:
Welcome and Overview
Milton W. Grenfell, AIA, Principal, Grenfell Architecture, Washington, DC; Board of Directors, National Civic Art Society; and contributing author for numerous publications and books, including, Building Classical: A Vision of Europe and America.
Clem Labine, Founder and Editor-At-Large, “Clem Labine’s Traditional Building” and “Clem Labine’s Period Homes,” Brooklyn, NY
Session I
European Conservation Theory and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
Speaker: Mark Alan Hewitt, AIA, Principal, Mark Alan Hewitt Architects, Bernardsville, NJ; Faculty, Rutgers University; and author, The Architect and The America Country House.
Session II
Infill and Additions: Interpreting the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
Speaker: Calder Loth, Architectural Historian, Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Session III
Preserving Preservation: Toward a Theoretical Framework for Future Preservation Practice
Speaker: Francis Morrone, Architecture Critic; Author, An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn; and Teacher, Brooklyn, NY
Session IV
When Preservation Involves Additions
Speaker: Paul Spencer Byard, Principal, Platt Byard Dovell White Architects, LLP and Director of the Historic Preservation Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and author, Architecture of Additions: Design & Regulation.
Session V
A New (Old) Paradigm for Historic Preservation
Sponsored by:
Speaker: Steven Semes, Principal, Steven W. Semes, Architect, New York, NY; Fellow, ICA&CA; Francis and Kathleen Rooney Chair in Architecture, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN; and author, The Classical Architecture of the Interior.
Session VI
A Practitioners' Panel: Additions and Historic Settings
Moderator: Michael Carey, Editor-in-Chief, Clem Labine’s Traditional Building magazine and Clem Labine’s Period Homes magazine.
Paul Byard, Mark Alan Hewitt, and Steve Semes will be joined by Bryan Clark Green, Architectural Historian, Commonwealth Architects, Richmond, VA; Robert Loversridge, President and CEO, Schooley Caldwell Associates, Columbus, OH; George Skarmeas, AIA, AICP, Principal and Director of Historic Preservation, Hillier Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
About the National Civic Art Society:
Established in 2002, the Society is a non-profit organization that promotes improvement of the architectural and artistic patronage, by public and private entities alike, that shapes the nation’s public realm. For more information: 904 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20002
Ph: 202-548-2600; Fax: 202-543-3311. website: www.arscivica.org
