Kresge Auditorium, MIT by Jorge Salcedo. Credit: Shutterstock.

 

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

 

9:30AM – 7:30PM

Affiliated Event
Kahn and Beyond at Exeter (Bus Tour + Dinner Reception), hosted by Docomomo US and Docomomo US/New England
Exeter, New Hampshire (separate registration required)


Wednesday, March 19, 2025

 

The workshop and tours require a separate ticket, purchased during the registration process. For complete tour descriptions and pricing, visit Conference Registration.

 

8:30AM – 5:15PM

Affiliated Event
Documenting the Recent Past Workshop with the National Park Service’s Heritage Documentation Programs, registration required
951 Boylston Street, The Boston Architectural College

 

12:00PM – 2:30PM

Skyline Stories: Boston's Financial District (Walking Tour), registration required

 

12:00PM – 2:30PM

Chinatown's Heritage through Art, Architecture, and Urban Planning (Walking Tour), registration required

 

1:00PM – 1:45PM

Free Curator-led tour of the Frank M. Costantino: Visionary Drawings exhibition, registration required
Boston Athenaeum

 

3:00PM - 3:45PM

Free Curator-led tour of the Frank M. Costantino: Visionary Drawings exhibition, registration required
Boston Athenaeum

 

3:00PM – 5:30PM

West End Reflections: Urban Renewal and Resilience (Walking Tour), registration required

 

5:30PM – 7:30PM

30th Anniversary Opening Reception, hosted by Historic Preservation Education Foundation and Docomomo US
Boston City Hall


Thursday, March 20, 2025

 

Each tour requires a separate ticket, purchased during the registration process. For complete tour descriptions and pricing, visit Conference Registration.

 

8:00AM – 9:00AM

Conference Check In
Room 210, Hynes Convention Center

 

9:00AM - 10:30AM

Opening Plenary
Revitalizing the Post-Covid City: What We Can Learn from the Past Keynote Speaker: Lizabeth Cohen, Historian
Room 210, Hynes Convention Center

 

10:30AM – 11:00AM

BREAK

 

11:00AM – 12:30PM

HISTORY AND CONTEXT PRESENTATION SESSION 1A
What’s Next for Boston Brutalism?
Cascieri Hall, 320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Brian Sirman, University of Massachusetts School of Law

Rudolph’s Boston Government Service Center: Past, Present and Future
Timothy Rohan, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of the History of Art & Architecture, University of Massachusetts Amherst

“The Great Building of 20th-Century Boston” Boston City Hall: Like It or Not—It’s a Landmark!
Gary Wolf FAIA, Principal, Wolf Architects, Inc.

Josep Lluis Sert: Two University Buildings, Origins, Half-century Life, & Reinvention
Henry Moss, Principal, Bruner/Cott Architects

 

11:00AM – 12:30PM

PRESERVATION AND ADVOCACY PRESENTATION SESSION 1B
Mass Advocacy
Room 210, Hynes Convention Center

Moderator: Liz Waytkus, Docomomo US

Grassroots Strategies for Preserving Modern Architecture: Lessons from Marcel Breuer’s Wellfleet House
Peter McMahon, Founding Director, Cape Cod Modern House Trust

UMassBRUT: Celebrating the Bold and Iconic Brutalist Structures within the University of Massachusetts System
Shelby Schrank, Ph.D. Researcher, University of York
Lincoln Nemetz-Carlson, Ph.D.

Recent Past Immigrant Heritage: AAPI Spaces in Boston and Beyond
Priya Jain, Texas A&M University
Hongyan Yang, Boston College

 

11:00AM – 12:30PM

TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SESSION 1C
Challenges of Modern Materials and Assemblies
”The Beehive,” 951 Boylston Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Deborah Slaton, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

Everyday Materials, Enduring Design: Repair and Replacement of Common Architectural Elements
David Trayte, Historical Architect, National Park Service, Heritage Adaptation and Resilience Program (Virtual)
John Sandor, Architectural Historian, National Park Service, Technical Preservation Services (Virtual)

Modern Materials and Resilience
Cory Trembath Rouillard, Preservation Architect, Henson Architecture

 

12:30PM - 2:15PM

LUNCH (Box Lunch included in general registration)
”The Loft,” 320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

 

12:45PM – 1:15PM

Free Tour of the BAC Building and Library Collections, registration required
320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

 

12:45PM – 1:45pm

SPECIAL TOPIC LUNCH SESSION
Walter Gropius and John Quincy Adams: Cultivating a Modern Community
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Cascieri Hall, 320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Deborah Slaton, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc
Speaker: Dana Robbat, The Friends of Modern Architecture/Lincoln (FoMA)

 

1:00PM – 2:00PM

In and Around Christian Science Plaza (Walking Tour), registration required

 

2:00PM – 3:30PM

HISTORY AND CONTEXT PRESENTATION SESSION 2A
Sites of Social Activism
Cascieri Hall, 320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Jonathan Spodek, Ball State University

‘We’re gonna march’: Civil Rights Movement March Routes as Linear Resources
Robbie Jones, Principal Senior Architectural Historian, Richard Grubb and Associates

Six Licenses in Boulder, 1975: Early Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S.
Erika Warzel, Owner/Principal, Clerestory Preservation

Black Activist & Architect – The Story of the McAfee Pool Project
Vance Kelley, Preservation Principal - Architect, Treanor

 

2:00PM – 3:30PM

PRESERVATION AND ADVOCACY PRESENTATION SESSION SESSION 2B
Strategies for Stewardship
Room 210, Hynes Convention Center

Moderator: Beth Savage, General Services Administration (Virtual)
Moderator: Jean Jang, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

The National Gallery of Art’s East Building – Stewardship through the Lens of Recent Major Projects
Hillary Lord, Engineer and Program Manager, National Gallery of Art (Virtual)
Susan Wertheim, Chief Architect, Deputy Administrator for Capital Projects, National Gallery of Art (Virtual)

“Eventually Everything Connects”: A Collaborative Approach to Conservation at the Eames House
Liz MacLean, Principal, Architectural Resources Group
Gail Ostergren, Getty Conservation Institute

Preserving Modernism and the Spirit of Open Government: The Role of Preservation Planning and Advocacy in Securing the Future of Oak Park Village Hall
Meg Kindelin, President & Owner, Johnson, Lasky, Kindelin Architects
Kara Johnston, Historic Preservation Architect and Project Manager, Johnson, Lasky, Kindelin Architects
Kelsey Kuehn, Architectural Historian, Johnson, Lasky, Kindelin Architects

 

2:00PM – 3:30PM

TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SESSION 2C
Conserving Materials and Finishes
”The Beehive,” 951 Boylston Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Richard Pieper, Columbia University and Historic Preservation Education Foundation

Bronze, Bronze, Everywhere Bronze
Kim Gant, Regional Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. General Services Administration, Northwest Arctic Region (Virtual)
Megan Carver, Program Manager, ARG Conservation Services
Jennifer Correia. Principal, ARG Conservation Services

Bridging Heritage and Innovation: Lessons from Iconic Architectural Restorations
Kate Allen, Preservationist, Past President Allen Architectural Metals 

God of Sun: Conserving and Repurposing of Miami Beach’s Cherished Apollo Mosaic
Caroline Dickensheets,RLA Conservation of Art + Architecture

 

3:30PM – 4:00PM

BREAK

 

4:00PM – 5:30PM

HISTORY AND CONTEXT PRESENTATION SESSION 3A
Identifying It, Naming It, Surveying It
Cascieri Hall, 320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Tara Ikenouye, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

Capitol Hill Modern: Documenting Mid-Century Modern Apartment Buildings on Seattle’s Capitol Hill
Lana Blinderman, Documentary Photographer, Lana Blinderman Photography
Tom Heuser, Architectural Historian, Willamette Cultural Resources Associates

Rinking Remixed: A Cultural and Architectural Context for Roller Skating Rinks
Lane Tillner, Ph.D., Technical Preservation Coordinator, Tennessee Historical Commission

SFMoPoMo: Contextualizing Late, Post, and New Modernism in San Francisco
Hannah Simonson, Senior Associate, Cultural Resources Planner, Page & Turnbull

 

4:00PM – 5:30PM

PRESERVATION AND ADVOCACY PRESENTATION SESSION 3B
Incentivizing Reuse
Room 210, Hynes Convention Center

Moderator: Eleni Glekas, The Boston Architectural College

Listing Capital Plaza Hotel: Urban Renewal Hotel turns to Federal Sting Operation
Wes Cunningham, Sr. Principal Investigator, Pinion Advisors

Marketing Moderns
David Schure, Broker Associate, Callaway Henderson Sotheby's International Realty

That's Historic?! Preserving a Post-Modern Skyscraper in Milwaukee
Amanda Loughlin, Senior Project Manager, Heritage Consulting Group

Looking Back/Looking Forward: Retrospective of Applying the Rehabilitation Standards to Buildings of the Recent Past in the Federal Tax Credit Program
Angela Shearer, Supervisory Historian, Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service (Virtual)

 

4:00PM – 5:30PM

TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SESSION 3C
Lessons from Schools and Universities
”The Beehive,” 951 Boylston Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Amanda Lewkowicz, Quinn Evans and Historic Preservation Education Foundation

The ABCs of Preserving Public Art in Public Schools
Stephanie Hoagland, Principal and Senior Architectual Conservator, Jablonski Building Conservation, Inc.
Roxanne Jacobson, Collection Manager, Public Art for Public Schools, NYC School Construction Authority

Iconic Buildings, Iconic Details: Mid-Century Modernist Academic Buildings
Matthew Bronski, Senior Principal and Preservation Practice Leader, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

Contemporary Accessibility: Reconciling universal access on UC Berkeley's historic campus
Marissa Cheng, AICP, Director of Planning, University of California, Berkeley

 

5:30PM – 7:30PM

Emerging Professionals Happy Hour, co-hosted by ICOMOS-USA and View Boston (Free, but registration required)
View Boston, Prudential Center

 

6:30PM – 8:30PM

Affiliated Event
An Evening at Two Striking Modernist Churches with Docomomo US
66 Marlborough St, First Church of Boston (separate registration required)


Friday, March 21, 2025

 

Each tour requires a separate ticket, purchased during the registration process. For complete tour descriptions and pricing, visit Conference Registration.

 

8:00AM – 8:45AM

Conference Check In
320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

 

9:00AM – 10:30AM

HISTORY AND CONTEXT PRESENTATION SESSION 4A
Design Narratives
Cascieri Hall, 320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Matthew Dickey, Boston Preservation Alliance

Showing and Telling: Exposed Mechanical Systems in Recent Past Design
Chad Randl, Historian, Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service (Virtual)

How Storytelling Helps (Re)shape Postmodern Architecture: The Story of Michael Graves’s Disney Hotel New York
Maxime Coq, PhD Student, University of Liège, Belgium

Brown Buildings Are Definitely a Thing
Anthony Rubano, Deputy SHPO, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

 

9:00AM – 10:30AM

PRESERVATION AND ADVOCACY PRESENTATION SESSION SESSION 4B
Challenging Typologies
Room 102, Hynes Convention Center

Moderator: Gretchen Pineo, Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. and The Boston Architectural College

Nuclear Ship Savannah: Bridging the Gap Between Decommissioning and Preservation
Erhard Koehler, Manager, Nuclear Ship Savannah Programs, Maritime Administration

Preserving Impermanent Buildings
Cameron Townsend, Architect, Los Alamos National Laboratory

From Roadside Lodging to Affordable Senior Housing: Repurposing the Jackson Holiday Inn Southwest
Beth Jacob, Senior Manager, Ryan LLC

 

9:00AM – 10:30AM

TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SESSION 4C
Preserving Icons of Modernism
”The Beehive,” 951 Boylston Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Henry Moss, Bruner / Cott Architects and Docomomo US/New England

A Modern Oasis in the Desert – Rehabbing Richard Neutra’s Painted Desert Community Complex
Tim Mitchell, Historical Architect, Hennebery Eddy Architects

Roof Window Wall Integration in a Mid-Century Modern Icon
Pamela Clemens, Architect, Goody Clancy

First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, CT: Restoring a Modern Vision in Glass and Concrete
Theodore Prudon, Prudon & Partners, Founding president DOCOMOMO US

 

10:30AM – 11:00AM

BREAK

 

10:30AM – 11:00AM

Free Tour of the BAC Building and Library Collections, registration required
320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

 

11:00AM – 12:30PM

HISTORY AND CONTEXT PRESENTATION SESSION 5A
Construction and Craft
Cascieri Hall, 320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Ben Thomas, Society of Architectural Historians

Hands to History: How the Revitalization and Retention of Traditional Craft Help Shape the Future
Ian Stewart, Co-Founder, Preservation Inc.

Home and Away: Prefabricated Residential Design in the Boston Suburbs and Beyond
Stacy Spies, Architectural Historian and Historic Preservation Consultant

Every Screw-Up is a Possibility: Design/Build in Vermont in the 1960s-70s
Devin Coleman, Director of Historic Preservation, University of Vermont

 

11:00AM – 12:30PM

PRESERVATION AND ADVOCACY PRESENTATION SESSION SESSION 5B
Re-tooling Preservation
Room 102, Hynes Convention Center

Moderator: George Smart, US Modernist

When the Recent Past Meets a County Government’s Future: Advocacy and Reuse Efforts for Two Mid-century Commercial Buildings in Ithaca, NY
Christine O’Malley, Ph.D., Preservation Services Director, Historic Ithaca (she/her)

Coles House Project: Preservation as Advocacy
Albert Chao, Co-Initiator, Coles House Project. Core Organizer, Dark Matter U

Better than 3% - the Los Angeles Women's Landmark Project
Lindsay Mulcahy, Neighborhood Outreach Manager at the Los Angeles Conservancy
Arabella Delgado, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Southern California

 

11:00AM - 12:30PM

TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SESSION 5C
Performance, Retrofit, and Resilience
”The Beehive,” 951 Boylston Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Tim Penich, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

Preserving Concrete Heritage: The Multiphase Rehabilitation and Sustainable Retrofit of the Lester B. Pearson Building (2017-Current)
Christopher Warden, Studio Lead, Senior Conservation Architect, TRACE Architectures Inc.
Catherine McBain, Existing Building Specialist, TRACE Architectures Inc.

Reglazing Gund Hall: Innovative Design for a High-Performance Future
George Gard, Project Architect, Associate, Bruner/Cott Architects
David Fixler, Architecture Planning Preservation and Harvard University

Improving Envelope Performance of Iconic Science Buildings of the 1970s
Jean Carroon, Architect, Goody Clancy

 

12:30PM - 2:00PM

LUNCH (Box Lunch included in general registration)
”The Loft,” 320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

 

12:30PM - 1:15PM

Student Poster Session
Cascieri Hall, 320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

 

1:15PM - 2:00PM

Free Tour of the BAC Building and Library Collections, registration required
320 Newbury Street, The Boston Architectural College

 

1:00PM - 2:00PM

SPECIAL TOPIC LUNCH SESSION, registration encouraged
Advocating for the Postmodern Past: The Experiences of the Society of Architectural Historians—Discussion Session
”The Beehive,” 951 Boylston Street, The Boston Architectural College

Moderator: Bryan Clark Green

 

2:00PM - 3:00PM

BREAK

 

3:00PM - 3:45PM

Walk-through of Kresge Auditorium and MIT Chapel
MIT

 

4:00PM - 5:00PM

SPECIAL PLENARY SESSION
Renewing the Avant-Garde
Kresge Auditorium, MIT

Moderator and Speaker: David Fixler, FAIA, FAPT, FFTI, LEED, Principal, David Fixler, Architecture Planning Preservation; Lecturer, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Speakers:
Jon Alvarez, AIA, Director of Campus Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Matthew Bronski, P.E., Senior Principal and Preservation Practice Leader, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Gary Wolf, FAIA, Principal, Wolf Architects, Inc.
Ben Youtz, AIA, Partner and Vice President, designLAB Architects

 

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Reception
Kresge Auditorium, MIT

 

6:00PM - 7:30PM

Closing Plenary
Kresge Auditorium, MIT

Future of the Recent Past: A Conversation with Keith Morgan, Michael Kubo and Mimi Garza Love
Moderator: Priya Jain, Texas A&M University and Historic Preservation Education Foundation


Saturday, March 22, 2025

 

Each tour requires a separate ticket, purchased during the registration process. For complete tour descriptions and pricing, visit Conference Registration.

 

9:30AM – 5:30PM

Lincoln and Lexington: A Vision of Progressive Living (Bus Tour), registration required

 

9:30AM – 12:30PM

Icon or Eyesore: Exploring the "Ugly Valley" in Boston's Back Bay (Walking Tour), registration required

 

9:30AM – 12:30PM

Harvard: A Legacy of Modernism and Beyond (Walking Tour), registration required

 

9:30AM – 1:00PM

Roxbury’s Recent Past: A Cultural Mosaic (Bus Tour), registration required

 

11:00AM – 11:45AM

Free Curator-led tour of the Frank M. Costantino: Visionary Drawings exhibition, registration required
Boston Athenaeum

 

2:00PM – 5:30PM

MIT & Kendall Square: Architectural Innovation from Midcentury to Today (Walking Tour), registration required

 

2:00PM – 6:00PM

Synthesis of the Arts: Campus Planning and Design at Wellesley College (Bus Tour), registration required


Sunday, March 23, 2025

 

12:00PM – 3:00PM

UMassBRUT: Highlights of the Dartmouth Campus (Self-Driving Tour), registration required