As the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act approaches, the fall issue of ArchitectureBoston hits hard with questions about one of the profession’s most heated topics today: preservation. With essays and articles from a dozen different perspectives, featuring a dozen different problems and solutions, the issue is a gateway for discourse for anyone interested in the role of the past, in the future of architecture. Read on for more information.
The issue’s highlights include:
- An essay on how to add value through preservation
- An article on the sustainability of preserving old buildings
- An essay on the lack of effort in preserving 1980s post-modernist buildings, and their soon-to-be moment in the spotlight
- A discourse on the importance of intent when expanding historic buildings, using Renzo Piano’s expansion of the Harvard Art Museums as a reference
- A short essay on whether a building can ever truly have a “good death”
Contributors:
Max Page, professor of architecture and historic preservation, University of Massachusetts/Amhesrt; Jean Carron, FAIA, principal at Goody Clancy and author of Sustainable Preservation: Greening Existing Buildings; Ben Carlson, associate principal, director of urban design at Goody Clancy; Chris Grimley, principal of Over,Under; Christine Cipriani, co-author of Cape Cod Modern: Midcentury Architecture and Community on the Outer Cape; and Peter Kuttner, FAIA.
Other authors include Daniel Bluestone, Justin Crane AIA, Matthew J. Kiefer, Robert Silman and Jason Forney AIA.
ArchitectureBoston is where design and society meet. A quarterly publication of the Boston Society of Architects, ArchitectureBoston explores the ways in which architecture influences and is influenced by our environment and our culture. The magazine is distributed to all BSA members, AIA members throughout New England, allied professionals (engineers, landscape architects, interior designers, and lawyers), members of the construction industry, community and business leaders, politicians and policymakers, design schools, public libraries, media representatives, and subscribers. It can also be purchased at select independent bookstores. For more information, visit www.architects.org/architectureboston/books
