Historic Preservation

Historic Preservation

• Can a Well-Known British Artist Save His Hometown’s Iconic Theater?

  First a brewery, now a cinema, next a shopping center. This is how the story of the Bradford Odeon cinema goes. But influential British artist David Hockney is looking to change that.

   

• Friedberg’s Peavey Plaza Comes Under Fire in ‘War’ Against Modernist Architecture

  ‘The New York Times’ culture writer Kathryn Shattuck declares Peavey Plaza in downtown Minneapolis is “another battleground” in the standoffs between preservation-minded advocates and developers looking to start anew.

   

• In Defense of the ‘60s and the Era’s Architectural Designs

  Mark Lamster defends the concrete and dynamic styles of the 1960s following news that several signature buildings from that time period will soon fall prey to the wrecking ball.

   

• Getty Conservation Institute Moves Quickly to Preserve the Past

  As Modernism moves from a contemporary style to a time-stamped fashion, preservationists are grappling with how to preserve the features that make up modern architecture. Corbusier’s concrete and Charles and Ray Eameses’ mass-produced flooring are just two of the styles that the Getty Conservation...

   

• The SCAD Museum of Art

  Savannah, Ga. / Sottile & Sottile with Lord Aeck & Sargent in association with Dawson Architects

   

• Chicagoans try to demolish city landmark law

   

• Historic Moore House no more

   

• World’s Fair house lands on endangered historic places list

   

• Le Corbusier’s lost building

   

• Grand Function

  The renovation of a historic federal building goes for a groundbreaking net-zero energy goal.