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Historic Resources Committee | Summer 2012 Issue
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Upcoming Conferences & Events
2012 Traditional Building Conference Series Schedule
Building Well: Traditional Design, Materials and Methods
July 25-26 | Boston, MA.
November 7-8 | Chicago, Ill
More information.
APT Charleston 2012
Cornerstones: Collaborative Approaches to Preservation
September 29-October 4, 2012| Francis Marion Hotel | Charleston, SC
More Information.
AIA HRC/HABS/Peterson Prize Awards Ceremony
APT Charleston 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012| Francis Marion Hotel | Charleston, SC
More Information.
Cultural Landscapes: Preservation Challenges in the 21st Century
US/ICOMOS International Symposium
October 12 -14 | Rutgers University, NJ
More information.
2012 National Preservation Conference
Beyond Boundaries
October 31-November 3, 2012| Spokane, WA
More Information.
AIA-HRC Historic Building Assessment Field Session
2012 National Preservation Conference
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | Spokane Masonic Center | Spokane, WA
More Information.
AIA-HRC Member Luncheon
2012 National Preservation Conference
Friday November 2, 2012 | Location to be Announced | Spokane, WA
More Information.
University of Malta Conservation of Architectural Heritage Program
PRESERVATION: Historic, Reuse, Adaptation
October 6 - 15, 2013 | Medieval city of Mdina, Malta
More information.
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Letter from the 2012 HRC Chair
By Jean Carroon, FAIA, 2012 Chair AIA Historic Resources Committee
Dear Historic Resources Committee Members: The 2012 AIA Conference in Washington, D.C. drew over 17,000 attendees and untold others are still taking advantage of the virtual education sessions. The opening keynote address by author and historian, David McCullough and the many sold out tours of historic buildings and communities expanded upon the theme "Design Connects" by underlining the importance of heritage. Read more.
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AIA-HRC Historic Sites Advocacy Team: Assistance Available
By Sharon C. Park, FAIA | Past Chair AIA-HRC Historic Sites Advocacy Team
The AIA Policy on Support for Threatened Historic Resources was adopted in September of 2008. The Historic Sites Advocacy Team (HSAT) is a subcommittee of the AIA's Historic Resource Committee (HRC) and is charged with responding to requests for assistance on endangered historic properties. The HSAT is committed to identifying, understanding and helping to preserve the architectural heritage in this country and internationally. Requests for assistance may be sent to the current AIA-HRC HSAT Chairperson.
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Call for Volunteers: AIA Historic Resources Advisory Group
Application Deadline: Friday, August 24, 2012
By Jean Carroon, FAIA | 2012 Chair AIA Historic Resources Committee
The AIA Historic Resources Committee Advisory Group is now soliciting applications for appointment to the 2013 HRC Advisory Group. The Advisory Group is an appointed committee responsible for the leadership and direction of the AIA Historic Resources Committee. The mission of the HRC is to identify, understand, and preserve architectural heritage, both nationally and internationally. HRC is engaged in promoting the role of the historic architect within the profession through the development of information and knowledge among members, allied professional organizations, and the public. Applicants are required to forward a current resume and letter of interest by email to Chair, AIA HRC. For more information, selection criteria, and application instructions, visit the HRC Advisory Group Web page.
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Call for Volunteers: AIA Historic Resources Committee Webmaster
By Wendy Hillis, AIA | 2012 Chair AIA HRC Communications Subcommittee
The HRC Communications subcommittee is looking for a volunteer webmaster. The role would include improving the graphic presentation of the HRC website and newsletter and the exploration of solutions for external website hosting. If you (or your firm) are interested in helping the HRC in this capacity, please contact subcommittee chair Wendy Hillis at wendy.hillis@fac.unc.edu.
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Historic Resources Committee Program Sponsorship Opportunities
AIA HRC | ACSA Preservation as Provocation Student Competition Funding Needed
By James J. Malanaphy, AIA | 2012 Chair HRC Development Subcommittee
Sponsors are needed to provide additional funding for the AIA HRC/ACSA Preservation as Provocation Ideas Competition scheduled for the 2012/2013 academic year. The selected site is Castle Pinckney, an island with an abandoned 1808 brick fort located in the Charleston, SC harbor adjacent to the historic city. The Preservation as Provocation Student Ideas Competition is held every two years. Ongoing sponsorship of HRC programs is needed. HRC members are welcome to contribute. The HRC Sponsorship Benefits Table provides information on the benefits of HRC program sponsorship. Please contact Peyton Hall, FAIA or Bruce Bland for further information on how you can participate.
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Features
The Rehabilitation and Restoration of Sacred Spaces
June 2012 Issue of Preservation Architect
By Peyton Hall, FAIA |Advisory Group Member, AIA Historic Resources Committee
As guest editor for the second Preservation Architect of 2012, I exercise the prerogative of dedicating the June issue of Preservation Architect to James J. Malanaphy III, AIA, NCARB, who practices architecture, planning, and historic preservation, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. James sought the assistance of Craig Rafferty, FAIA, of Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson Lindeke Architects (also based in St. Paul, Minnesota) and an Advisory Group member for the AIA Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA) to identify the notable projects, architects, and issues represented in this issue of Preservation Architect. There is so much work in this area of practice; future issues are sure to return to this important common ground that we share - heritage and religion. Read more.
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Balance for Historic Religious Structures
By Craig Rafferty, FAIA| 2011 Chair AIA Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture
There are many areas of overlap between the AIA's Historic Resources Knowledge Community and the AIA's Interfaith Forum on Religion Art and Architecture (IFRAA) Knowledge Community. One of the most significant is their common ground for preserving and restoring historic churches and sharing information on successful projects. Such projects are often worthy of recognition within the Faith and Form / IFRAA International Awards program conducted each year in search of the most meaningful and exemplary religious architecture projects. This award program, approaching 70 years under 3 different names, has recognized over 80 restorations and major renovation projects in the past 45 years in which records are available. Read more.
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Sold to the Pious Bidder
Market for Religious Properties Looks Upward in Southern California
By Peyton Hall, FAIA, | Advisory Group Member, AIA Historic Resources Committee
Los Angeles is an American city that remains on the leading edge of urban evolution. Ridley Scott imagines this in the virtual world of Blade Runner. Our reality is a vital real estate market that, even in the worst of times, looks forward to the leading edge of prosperity. Read more.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Restoration, Ann Arbor, MI
2012 Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art & Architecture Merit Award for Restoration of Religious Architecture
by Jennifer Henriksen, AIA | Quinn Evans Architects
Quinn Evans Architects restoration of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor, MI. received one of two Merit Awards presented for Restoration of Religious Architecture by the AIA Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art & Architecture in 2012. Jury Comments: "This restoration of a tired but vital church building is an excellent example of preservation through restoration, in the sense of retaining and renewing the old building, giving it new life, making it vibrant through the careful replacement of old materials and finishes with new ones. This project is admirable for its restraint and use of advanced technology, which grow out of an obvious respect for the past." Read more.
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St. Bernard's Church Restoration, Bernardsville, NJ
2012 Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art & Architecture Merit Award for Restoration of Religious Architecture
by Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner AIA, RIBA | Historic Building Architects, LLC
Historic Building Architects restoration of St. Bernard's Church in Bernardsville, NJ also received one of two Merit Award for Restoration of Religious Architecture presented by the AIA Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art & Architecture in 2012. Jury Comments: "The respectful restoration of this venerable church has allowed it to rise like a phoenix from the ashes, as strong and as vibrant as ever. The congregation has made a commitment to historic stewardship, and this product of a variety of architectural restoration and construction professionals has renewed and refreshed this community resource." Read more.
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Reimagining St. Joseph's Church
by Ruth Todd, FAIA and Rebecca Fogel | Page and Turnbull, Inc.
Historic churches and religious properties are often considered notoriously difficult to adaptively reuse because they often pose challenges not commonly found in other property types. Churches often face structural issues related to masonry construction. Long periods of deferred maintenance can cause problems with deteriorated materials and structural integrity. And high levels of ornamentation, unusually-shaped floor plans, and sanctuary spaces with large volumes create design constraints that make reusing a church a complex task. Read more.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church Potsdam, NY
Reconstruction of 15 Gothic Revival Stained Glass Windows
By Maura Williams | Marvin Windows and Doors, and Judy Hayward | Restore Media, LLC
In 2010, the stained glass window glazing of St. Mary's Catholic Church was carefully removed from its wooden framing so the glazing could be cleaned, repaired and reinstalled. It was then discovered that the 15 Gothic Revival windows originally constructed of eastern pine in 1887 were badly deteriorating. Careful planning ensued to replicate exactly the windows, including the 15' x 23' rose window, in Honduran Mahogany. The reconstruction of St. Mary's Gothic Revival windows and a similar project in Halifax, Nova Scotia reconstructing Gothic Revival windows of First Baptist Church Halifax are case studies featured in a highly educational webinar produced by Restore Media, and underwritten by Marvin Windows and Doors. Read more and access webinar.
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Preservation Knowledge & Networks
Preservation = ROI: Report from Preservation Action Lobby Day
March 7 - 8, 2012 | Washington, DC
By Yolita E. Rausche. Assoc. AIA | Board Member & Ohio State Coordinator, Preservation Action
Under the theme of Preservation = ROI, almost 300 preservationist gathered in Washington, DC. With the leadership and guidance of Preservation Action, the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers attendees went forward to ask Congress to maintain historic preservation funding. Read more.
Preservation Action Legislative Update
Preservation Action Legislative Update for June 15, 2012
By James J. Malanaphy, AIA
June 15 Preservation Action Legislative Update. Join Preservation Action. Support Preservation Action's national grassroots lobbying effort. Help get the word out when action is required. Help keep conservation of cultural heritage a national priority. Individual membership levels begin at $20. Join today.
Report from Society of Architectural Historians 65th Annual Conference
By Pauline Saliga | Executive Director, Society of Architectural Historians
More than 640 SAH members participated in the Society's 65th Annual Conference in Detroit (April 18-22, 2012), the second largest conference attendance since SAH celebrated its 50-year anniversary in Boston in 1990. We thank all who attended the conference and used it as an opportunity to discuss important issues about the future of cities. Read more.
Report from 2012 Traditional Building Conference - Winston Salem, NC
Building Well: Traditional Design, Materials and Methods | April 26-27 | Graylyn Estate, Winston-Salem, NC
From Restore Media
Venturing for the first time to the great state of North Carolina, the first stop on the Traditional Building Conference Series in 2012 was the magnificent historic Graylyn Estate, a 45,000 square foot Norman Revival country house built in 1927 by Bowman Gray, Chairman of R.J. Reynolds Company. Amidst the lush and bucolic hills just outside Winston Salem and a stones throw from Wake Forest University, attendees convened at the Graylyn "Mews" a stable, barn and dog run adapted to a state-of-the-art conference center. Traditional Building Conference attendees included architects, builders, preservationists, building owners, facilities managers and craftspeople. Read more.
2012 Historic Preservation Book Prize Winner Announced
By Andrea Smith | University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation
The 2012 Historic Preservation Book Prize, sponsored by the University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation, has been awarded to, Saving Wright: The Freeman House and the Preservation of Meaning, Materials, and Modernity, by Jeffrey M. Chusid. Read more.
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HRC Member Component News
Firm Profile: Historic Building Architects, LLC
by Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner AIA, RIBA | Historic Building Architects, LLC
Historic Building Architects began in 1994, when the firm's principal, Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner, established in the basement of her home in Princeton, NJ a practice with a single mission: the preservation and adaptive use of historic structures based on a philosophy of aesthetic integrity, team collaboration, and material science. Four years later, the firm was able to move to a historic stone house in Trenton, where six employees now work. Read more.
Window on Ukraine: An American Memorial Day Message
With Apologizes to Window on America, Location of My Favorite English Club Meetings
By Mike Dixon, FAIA | United States Peace Corps in Ukraine
Outside my window of my Khruschovka apartment on a beautiful Sunday afternoon I see all of Ukraine unfold to tell a story of peace in a country torn by famine, war and Stalin's suppression of life as we know it in America. It's time to tell the real story of Ukraine and beautiful, historic Vinnytsia. Read more.
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2012 AIA HRC Program Sponsors
2012 PLATINUM LEVEL HRC PROGRAM SPONSORS
$5,000 Level and Above
Marvin Windows and Doors Support for HRC Historic American Building Survey Programs. Marvin Windows, a well known manufacturer of energy efficient windows, patio doors & sliding doors provides annual support for the Charles E. Peterson Prize competition.
Restore Media Support for HRC Programs. Restore Media, producer of the Traditional Building Conference Series, and the publisher of Clem Labine's Traditional Building, Clem Labine's Period Homes, BuildingPort.com, Traditional Product Reports, Traditional Product Galleries, Traditional Building Portfolio, and tradweb - the Directory of Custom Building and Restoration Services, provides broad support for all HRC programs.
2012 GOLD LEVEL HRC PROGRAM SPONSORS
$1,000 to $5,000 Level
St. Louis Antique Lighting Co. St. Louis Antique Lighting Co. manufactures reproduction historic and custom architectural lighting, providing designs to retrofit existing historic fixtures with current lamp technology and achieve modern light-level requirements.
2012 SILVER LEVEL HRC PROGRAM SPONSORS
$500 to $1,000 Level
Cold Spring Granite. Cold Spring Granite is one of the largest manufacturers of natural stone serving commercial, landscaping, memorialization and residential customers.
Rocky Mountain Hardware. Rocky Mountain Hardware manufactures and distributes custom bronze door hardware and accessories, sinks and faucets, tile and lighting.
Wiemann Metalcraft. Wiemann Metalcraft specializes in the design, fabrication, and installation of fine quality custom cast and wrought ornamental, architectural and decorative metalwork including, Heritage Cast Iron USA finely crafted, traditional, decorative Victorian cast iron gates, fencing and railings.
2012 AIA Historic Resources Committee Sponsorship
By James J. Malanaphy, AIA |Chair, HRC Development Subcommittee
The HRC welcomes contributions from HRC members, commercial sponsors and institutional partners to help support HRC programs. The HRC Sponsorship Benefits Table provides information on current HRC programs and benefits of HRC sponsorship. Please contact Peyton Hall, FAIA or Bruce Bland for further information.
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HRC Preservation Architect Archives
Searching for past issues of Preservation Architect? Go to the archives page.
Preservation Architect is prepared by the Communications Subcommittee of the AIA Historic Resources Committee. James Malanaphy, AIA is Editor, Wendy Hillis, AIA is 2012 sub-committee chair and Carolyn Kiernat, AIA, is the 2012 Advisory Group liaison. 2012 HRC communications subcommittee members are Kwendeche, AIA; Michael Mills, FAIA; Don Swofford, FAIA; and Amanda Gann, Assoc. AIA (AIAS liaison) New members, submittals and inquiries are welcome. Contact Preservation Architect.
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