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