LBJ suite of offices, J.J. Pickle Federal Building by Page-Southerland-Page and Brooks-Bar-Graeb, Austin, Texas, 1965, Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

LBJ suite of offices, J.J. Pickle Federal Building by Page-Southerland-Page and Brooks-Bar-Graeb, Austin, Texas, 1965, Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

 

Program

 

(Note: Program content is subject to change. Be sure to sign up for our PRP3 News and Updates at the bottom of the page to stay tuned to conference announcements.)

 

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

 

8:00 – 5:00

Affiliated Event
Historic Tax Credits for Rehabilitation Conference: Challenges in Developing Mid-Twentieth Century Buildings
Los Angeles Athletic Club (separate registration required)

 

1:00 – 6:00

Tour 1: Case Studies of Case Study Houses: #8 and #22 (separate ticket required, see Tours for full description)
SOLD OUT

 

1:30 – 5:00

Tour 2: The Hayden Tract: Turn of the Century Dystopian Architecture (separate ticket required, see Tours for full description)

 

6:00 – 8:00

Affiliated Event
Docomomo/US and USC Reception
Arroyo del Rey (separate ticket required)


 

Thursday, March 14, 2019

 

7:30 – 8:30

Conference Check In
(Continental Breakfast included in general registration)

 

8:30

Buses leave USC for Opening Plenary

 

9:15 – 10:30

OPENING PLENARY AT SOUTH PARK CENTER

Alan Hess
Architect–Historian

 

10:30 – 11:15

Buses return to USC

 

10:45 – 12:20

SESSION 1A
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-ALISM: EARLY MOMENTS IN THE GREEN MOVEMENT

California on the Cutting Edge: State Government Building Design Responds to the 1973 Energy Crisis
Colleen Davis
ICF International, Inc.

The Creation of an Environmental Modern: The Works of Carroll B. Ishee
Jeff Rosenburg
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources

Preservation and Sustainability in the 1960s: How These Movements Began and Diverged
Ruth Todd
Page & Turnbull: Architecture + Historic Preservation

 

10:45 – 12:15

SESSION 1B
A MATTER OF CONTEXT: SHOOTING WITH A WIDE-ANGLE LENS

Advocating for Modernism: The Michigan Modern Project
Amy Arnold
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office

Introducing the Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework: A Tool for Contextualizing and Identifying Heritage From the Twentieth Century
Chandler McCoy
Getty Conservation Institute

Predicting the Past: Understanding Preservation Equity Through the Geospatial Analysis of Los Angeles’ Historic Cultural Monuments
Morgan Quirk
University of Texas at Austin

 

10:45 – 12:15

SESSION 1C
PRACTICE FROM THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE – CASE STUDIES FROM THE FIELD

Current Practice in the Conservation of Plastic Buildings
Robert Loader
Affiliation

Tech Presentation Title 2
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation Title 3
Presenter
Affiliation

 

12:15 – 1:45

LUNCH

 

12:45 – 1:45

SPECIAL TOPIC LUNCH SESSION 1 (TL1)
FAST-FORWARD: PRESERVATION POSSIBILITIES FOR 1990S ARCHITECTURE

Moderator
Daniel Paul
ICF International, Inc.

Craig Hodgetts, FAIA
H+F

Kimbro Frutiger
Architectural Resources Group

Katie E. Horak
Architectural Resources Group

 

12:45 – 1:45

SPECIAL TOPIC LUNCH SESSION 2 (TL2)
HALF-TIME REVIEW: REFLECTIONS ON OUR EFFORTS SO FAR

Theo Prudon
Docomomo/US

Flora Chou
Page & Turnbull

 

12:45 – 1:45

SPECIAL TOPICS LUNCH SESSION 3 (TL3)
THE INNOVACONCRETE PROJECT – USING NANOTECHNOLOGIES TO CONSERVE CONCRETE HERITAGE

Gunny Harboe, FAIA
ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage

Maria J. Mosquera
University of Cadiz, Spain

 

1:45 – 3:15

SESSION 2A
ACTION PLACES: SITES SHAPED BY SOCIAL ISSUES AND MOVEMENTS

Queering the Recent Past: San Francisco LGBTQ Communities in Transition (1965–1980)
Shayne Watson
Watson Heritage Consulting

Segregated Modernism: Mississippi's School Equalization Program, 1946–1961
Jennifer Baughn
Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Chicano Park: An Alchemy of Art, Activism, and Community Pride
Josephine Talamantez
Historian

 

1:45 – 3:15

SESSION 2B
IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE THAT COUNTS: CONSERVING POSTWAR INTERIORS

Barnes in the OR: Community Efforts in Rescuing a Long-lost Spatiality
Santiago Gala
Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office

When Change is Inherent to Original Design Intent
General Services Administration Representative (TBA)

 

1:45 – 3:15

SESSION 2C
CONCRETE TECHNOLOGIES: ADVANCING REPAIR AND CONSERVATION

Tech Presentation 1
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 2
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 3
Presenter
Affiliation

 

3:15 – 3:30

BREAK

 

3:30 – 5:00

SESSION 3A
ASPECTS OF AMERICANA: POSTWAR TRAVEL AND LEISURE

The Ephemeral Landscape of African-American Travel: Documenting Sites Listed in The Negro Motorist Green Book
Catherine Zipf
Bristol Historical & Preservation Society

The Suburban Barbecue: An American Icon
Anthony Rubano
Illinois State Historic Preservation Office

Up In The Air: Googie Architecture and the Rebranding & Reuse of Bowling Alleys
Kate Reggev
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners

 

3:30 – 5:00

SESSION 3B
THE GOLDILOCKS APPROACH: POSTWAR SITE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AT VARIOUS SCALES

Conservation Management Planning at the Eames House
Gail Ostergren
Getty Conservation Institute

Conservation Challenges for Mid-Century Corporate Campuses
Sharon Vattay
GBC Architects

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) – Function and Obsolescence
Paul Travis
Historic Resources Group

 

3:30 – 5:00

SESSION 3C
MODERN MATERIALITY AND CONSERVATION - PART 1

Tech Presentation 1
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 2
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 3
Presenter
Affiliation

 

3:30 – 5:00

SESSION 3D
CURTAIN WALLS AND BUILDING SYSTEMS

Tech Presentation 1
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 2
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 3
Presenter
Affiliation


 

Friday, March 15, 2019

7:30 – 8:30

Conference Check In
Continental Breakfast (included in general registration)

 

8:30 – 10:00

SESSION 4A
HERE AND THERE: REGIONAL DESIGNS AND CROSS-CULTURAL INFLUENCES

Mixed Modern: Multi-Ethnic Design in Post-War Hawaii
Alison Chiu and Alissa Carson
Fung Associates

Michigan Modern: Design That Shaped America
Brian Conway
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office

The Japanese Influence in American Postwar Design: Loving the Alien in an Age of Anxiety
Rachel Leibowitz
Center for Cultural Landscape Preservation, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

 

8:30 – 10:00

SESSION 4B
SAY WHAT NOW?: ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO BUILD CONSTITUENCIES

Modern Century; A Global Inquiry into Modern Architecture
Frank Sanchis
World Monument Fund

Houston Uncommon Modern
Delaney Harris Fitch
Stern and Bucek Architects
and
Anna Mod
MacRostie Historic Advisors

Messaging the Seventies
Cindy Olnick
Independent Scholar

 

8:30 – 10:00

SESSION 4C
MODERN MATERIALITY AND CONSERVATION – Part 2

Tech Presentation 1
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 2
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 3
Presenter
Affiliation

 

10:00 – 10:15

BREAK

 

10:15 – 11:45

SESSION 5A
LIVING LARGE: DESIGN AND PRACTICE ON A BIG SCALE

Hollywood's Idea of an Architect: William L. Pereira
Alan Hess
Architect–Historian

Landscape and Memory at Recent Past Expos: World’s Fair Sites of the '60s - '00s
Jennifer Minner
Cornell University

Modernism by the Numbers: U.S. Public College Expansion & Development, 1933-76
Jon Buono
HLZA NYC

 

10:15 – 11:45

SESSION 5B
CONTESTED SPACE: POSTWAR CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

The Ignored and Vulnerable: Mobile Home Parks as Historic Places
Eduard Krakhmalnikov
Biederman Redevelopment Ventures

Preserving San Francisco Corporate Modern Public and Semi-Public Spaces in the Era of Tech
Hannah Simonson
Page & Turnbull

Peavey Plaza, Minneapolis: Saving and Revitalizing an Urban Oasis
Erin Berg
Preservation Alliance of Minnesota

 

10:15 – 11:45

SESSION 5C
DURABLE AND CHALLENGING: ALUMINUM AND STAINLESS STEEL

Tech Presentation 1
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 2
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 3
Presenter
Affiliation

 

11:45 – 12:45

LUNCH
(Box Lunch included in general registration)

SPECIAL TOPIC LUNCH SESSION 1 (FL1)
APPLYING THE REHABILITATION STANDARDS TO MODERN RESOURCES
Brian Goeken
Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service

SPECIAL TOPIC LUNCH SESSION 2 (FL2)
MODERNISM RENEWED (film presented in partnership with GSA)

SPECIAL TOPIC LUNCH SESSION 3 (FL3)
VICTOR LUNDY: MATERIAL LIMITS (film presented in partnership with GSA)

Affiliated Event
SOCIETY FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHEOLOGY
Leaping Muffler Men in a Single Bound: Getting to Know SCA and America’s Roadside Heritage

 

1:15 – 2:45

SESSION 6A
TYPECASTS AND CONTEXTS: DISTINCTIVE POSTWAR RESOURCES

Preserving Survival: Cold War Fallout Shelters
Naomi Kroll Hassebroek
National Park Service

Designing Modern Theaters
Meredith Bzdak
Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC

A Machine for the Fourth Estate: Newspaper Buildings in the Post-War Era
Paula Mohr
Independent Historian

 

1:15 – 2:45

SESSION 6B
READY, STEADY, GO: HERE COMES POMO!

Securing British Postmodern Heritage
Timothy Brittain-Catlin
University of Kent

Beyond the Object: A Case Study in Articulating the Value of Venturi Scott Brown’s Work
Isaac Kornblatt-Stier
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Preservation of Postmodern Cultural Landscapes: Lessons from Carousel Park
Olivia White
Chattel Architecture

 

1:15 – 2:45

SESSION 6C
MODERN HERITAGE STRUCTURES AND PRESERVATION ENGINEERING

Tech Presentation 1
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 2
Presenter
Affiliation

Tech Presentation 3
Presenter
Affiliation

 

3:15 – 4:30

Buses to Getty Conservation Institute

 

5:00 – 7:30

CLOSING PLENARY AND RECEPTION AT GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE

 

7:30 – 8:15

Buses return to USC


 

Saturday, March 16, 2019

 

Tours require a separate ticket, purchased during the registration process. For complete tour descriptions and pricing, visit PRP3 Tours.

 

9:00 – 12:30

Tour 4: The Hayden Tract: Turn of the Century Dystopian Architecture

 

9:00 – 5:00

Tour 5: Visualizing Social Movements: Conserving Sites of Cultural Heritage

 

9:00 – 5:00

Tour 6: Killingsworth Legacy Tour: A Study of Regional Modernism

 

9:00 – 5:00

Tour 7: Postwar Bonanza: Alan Hess Loves Orange County

 

1:00 – 6:00

Tour 8: Case Studies of Case Study Houses: #8 and #22

 

1:00 – 6:00

Tour 9: Postmodernism Comes of Age: Charles Moore and MRY in Los Angeles