CONSTRUCTION HISTORY SOCIETY OF AMERICA
ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR
THE 5th BIENNIAL MEETING ON CONSTRUCTION HISTORY
MAY 2016 - AUSTIN, TEXAS
The 5th Biennial Meeting on Construction History will take place at the University of Texas, Austin TX from May 26-29, 2016. Construction Historians and independent scholars will share research and establish a discussion within the frame of Knowledge Exchange and Building Technology Transfer. Fifty presentations will be given which depict the spectrum of scenarios, building solutions, industry, and cultural transformations that are the result of those exchanges and transferences in the Americas.
The opening lecture will be presented by Dr. Richard Cleary, and invited keynotes by Tom F. Peters and Roberto Meli are scheduled. Three guided tours led by local expert historians have been organized: Bridges – Transportation, Austin and Immediate Surroundings, San Antonio Franciscan Missions and Painted Churches of Texas.
Abstract session themes include: Prefabrication in North America, The 19th Century, Bridges, Mid-Century Architecture, Construction Units: Terracotta, Glass & Brick, Pre-colonial and Colonial Latin America, Code, Theory & Management, Shells and Spatial Structures I and II, and Skin and Guts: Envelope and Mechanical Systems.
CONFERENCE DETAILS
5th Biennial Meeting of the Construction History Society of America: May 26 – 29, 2016 at the University of Texas at Austin
Registration is currently open at http://chsamembership.wildapricot.org
Registration Fees: (Early Registration ends April 1, 2016)
Standard CHSA member - $155 (early), $185 (late)
Non-CHSA member - $210 (early), $240 (late) – includes $20 discounted one-year individual membership, valued at $75
Student - $35 (early, late)
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Ronda Bernstein
Historical Consultant
APT WASHINGTON CHAPTER INCORPORATED
Washington DC
www.historicalmatters.net------------------------------