Faculty, students, and alumni from the graduate program in Historic Preservation attended the week-long Association for Preservation Technology Conference at Kansas City, Missouri this fall.
The group stayed in downtown Kansas City and took part in conservation workshops, field sessions, and paper presentations. Alumni Namyuck Ahn and Sujin Kim were honored with student scholarships, and they presented their papers on Energy Retrofit of Historic Structures and 3D Documentations of Historic Structures, respectively.
James W. Shepherd, AIA, LEED AP, joined the cathedral staff on April 23, 2013, as director of preservation and facilities. His position resulted from the recommendations of the Restoration Task Force that convened for the cathedral following the earthquake of August 23, 2011; his work focuses on leading the institution’s efforts to repair all earthquake damage, upgrade critical infrastructure systems, and preserve the fabric of the cathedral and related properties on the Cathedral Close.
This pre-Halloween workshop gave participants the choice of ten unique masks based on the likenesses of SOA faculty and staff. Materials Lab researchers produced digital models of the faces using the 3D scanner in the Technology Lab, then fabricated molds out of MDF with the CNC router. Masks were made of styrene on the Design Lab's new vacuum former. A big thanks to Michael Benedikt, Judy Birdsong, Elizabeth Danze, Larry Doll, Jeff Evelyn, Charlton Lewis, Juan Miro, Larry Speck, Dean Steiner, and Nichole Wiedemann for lending us their likenesses.
Presenting the work of an independent study conducted by Britin Bostick and Frank Ordia in the Fall 2015 semester, under the supervision of Jacob Wegman. This study aims to accomplish a better understanding of how the use of technology can assist to inform historic preservation policy and to create a platform for a balanced approach to historic preservation and economic development.
Arthur W. Andersson, FAIA is the Design Director of Andersson-Wise Architects. He has practiced architecture over three decades throughout the United States in Kansas City, New Orleans and Austin. Arthur studied architecture at the University of Kansas and at the University of London, England graduating with a Bachelor of Environmental Design in 1979. He joined the offices of Howard Needles Tammen Bergendoff (HNTB) in Kansas City, Missouri where he was the principal designer for several major projects.
This workshop will be a two-hour hands-on tutorial for students who are interested in learning how to make prints from black-and-white film negatives in the UTSOA's Darkroom. Students will learn how to use an enlarger to expose their negatives onto resin-coated paper. Correct exposure and developing times will be covered as well as proper print washing and drying techniques. Negatives can be provided if needed.
Tutorials are open to all SOA faculty, students and staff. Class size is limited to 6 for each session.
On Friday, October 23, the Center for American Architecture and Design will host Robert Young as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series. He will be presenting "Civics and Technics: Sir Patrick Geddes' Theory of Planning and Design."
The forum will begin promptly at noon in Battle Hall 101, and will also be broadcast live at: soa.utexas.edu/libraries-centers/center-american-architecture-design/events
If you would like a lunch, you should plan to arrive no later than 11:40 a.m. The meals are first-come, first-served. We hope to see you there!
Hosted by the Architecture and Planning Library and the Alexander Architectural Archive.
The personal residence of renowned architect, author and award-winning architectural educator Charles W. Moore is the focus of the third installment of the Alexander Architectural Archive’s “To Better Know a Building” series.
The Charles Moore House at Orinda, California, was designed by Moore for himself and built in 1961. With its small footprint, the building was viewed as a quintessential expression of third bay region residential architecture.
Celebrating the merging of the Resource Recovery Center and the Household Hazardous Waste Facility, the City of Austin proclaimed the newly designated Austin Reuse Day (October 19th annually) by reopening the new combined facility with the general public. The event was kicked off with speeches by Bob Gedert, the Director of Austin Resource Recovery, and District 2 Council Member Delia Garza dedicating the new facility.