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AIA25: Don't Miss Out on Historic Resources Committee events and More at Boston's Architecture conference

By Luz Angela Toro Acuna Intl. Assoc. AIA posted 02-28-2025
Save hundreds with early bird—now through April 9! Calling all AIA25 attendees! Boston. is gearing up for a landmark event in architecture and design, and you won't want to miss it. This year's AIA Conference on Architecture & Design (AIA25) ...
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U.S. Climate Heritage Policy Conference

By Alison Karfeld posted 12-06-2024
On October 4, 2024, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) held an in-person and virtual one-day conference, U.S. Climate Heritage in the International Context. Co-convened by ACHP Chair Sara C. Bronin and Georgetown Law Professor ...
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National Park Service News: New NPS Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Resilience & Historic Buildings Webpage

By Alison Karfeld posted 12-06-2024
Historic properties can be made more sustainable, energy-efficient, and resilient, improving their performance and use while also preserving their historic character. Doing so not only improves their efficiency and livability but helps to ensure their ...
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National Park Service News: Technical Preservation Services 2025 Work Plan Available

By Alison Karfeld posted 12-06-2024
Beginning in the upcoming fiscal year, (FY 2025: October 2024 through September 2025), NPS Technical Preservation Services will publish its annual guidance, training, and outreach work plan and offer the opportunity for the public to submit comments and ...
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Peterson Prize Winners Announced

By Alison Karfeld posted 12-06-2024
The Heritage Documentation Programs (Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Landscapes Survey), a division of the National Park Service, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Charles E. Peterson ...
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Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton Storm Disaster Response Updates

By Alison Karfeld posted 12-06-2024
The U.S. Southeast is reeling from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton damage and loss. These storms have hit close to home and we stand with our preservation partners in this region. The AIA is actively working with state and local chapters to ...
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AIA Historic Resources Committee Luncheon Stewardship in the Monumental Core of Washington, D.C.

By Alison Karfeld posted 04-23-2024
The AIA Historic Resources Committee is pleased to once again host our annual Knowledge Community Luncheon. Join us to network with your fellow preservation architects, get an update on what HRC is doing in 2024 and take away lessons for your practice ...
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Review of 2024 TALIESIN WEST COLLOQUIUM: Adaptation in Preservation: Concepts, Contrasts and Collaboration

By Alison Karfeld posted 04-23-2024
An intimate group of 37 Architects, State Preservation Officers, and other preservation industry professionals met April 5-6 at Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece Taliesin West to take a deep dive into the topic of how historic buildings and properties ...
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AIA24: Don't Miss Out on Historic Resources Committee events and More at Washington D.C.'s Architecture conference

By Luz Angela Toro Acuna Intl. Assoc. AIA posted 04-09-2024
Calling all AIA24 attendees! Washington D.C. is gearing up for a landmark event in architecture and design, and you won't want to miss it. This year's AIA Conference on Architecture & Design (AIA24) is bringing together the brightest minds ...
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Traditional Building Conference Series

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-05-2024
The Traditional Building Conference Series delivers focused, relevant education and training for architects, contractors, craftspeople, designers, building owners and facilities managers in a time efficient format for AIA Continuing Education Credits. ...
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AIA International Spring Conference 2024 Decarbonizing Construction: From Material Production to Preservative Adaptive Reuse

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-05-2024
The construction industry is a significant emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs), from the production of materials to the heating, cooling and maintenance of existing buildings and infrastructure. To achieve emission reduction targets by 2050, new low carbon ...
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AIA HRC Preservation Standards Task Force

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-05-2024
Building upon the tremendous success of the 2023 Taliesin Colloquium, the HRC Task Force has been meeting quarterly to continue our conversations about the SOI Standards, challenging topics regarding context, interpretation and how we might each adapt ...
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Join your peers at the AIA24 Historic Resources Committee Luncheon “Stewardship in the Monumental Core of Washington, DC"

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-05-2024
AIA24 HRC Luncheon EV215 | June 6 | 1 2 –   2 pm | The Marriott Marquis Washington, DC | Cost: $115 The monumental core of Washington, DC is a rich tapestry and cultural landscape of iconic museums, memorials, ...
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March 2024 Letter from the Chair

By Alison Karfeld posted 03-04-2024
By Lorraine Minatoishi, AIA Dear HRC members, Welcome to Spring 2024! Our committee has been working diligently to ensure that we provide engaging seminars and luncheons, legislative direction, and task force member engagement. ...
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AIA Federal Relations and Advocacy Report

By Alison Karfeld posted 10-18-2023
A top policy priority for the preservation community is reauthorizing the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). In recent AIA HRC monthly meetings and Specs on the Union updates (next and final of 2023 will occur Nov. 1), AIA Federal Relations staff have ...
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Peterson Prize Winners

By Alison Karfeld posted 10-17-2023
HDP Announces Peterson Prize Winners The Heritage Documentation Programs (Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Landscapes Survey), a division of the National Park Service, is pleased to ...
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PastForward 2023 Conference

By Alison Karfeld posted 10-17-2023
PastForward 2023 will take place November 8-10, 2023, in Washington, DC. Come celebrate the power of place and join fellow preservationists and preservation lovers at the nation’s premier conference for those who work to save, sustain, and interpret ...
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HRC October 2023 Letter from the Chair

By Alison Karfeld posted 10-11-2023
Greetings AIA HRC Members! The HRC Advisory Board has had a busy year and planning for 2024 is well underway! Collaboration has been a key component of our work this past year in reestablishing relationships with many of our partners, holding ...
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A Letter from the Chair: October 2022

By Sue Ann Pemberton FAIA posted 09-30-2022
Let’s take a look at the Historic Resources Committee. People often think of “historic resources” as object buildings to be preserved or reused if they are deemed important enough. Most architects probably think the role of the Historic Resources Committee ...
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National Trust Conference has HSW's - next week!

By Ashley L. Wilson FAIA posted 10-21-2020
CEUs Available at PastForward Online 2020 Celebrate the power of place, virtually, with more than a thousand preservationists and preservation lovers at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s online conference for those who work to save, sustain, ...
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