We recognize COVID-19 creates a time of disruption and uncertainty. Our guests will discuss how things have changed for them in this new environment and how they see the profession changing in the coming year. They will also give advice and recommendations on job searching, networking remotely, and building an effective portfolio.
Panelists:
Joan M. Brierton (MSHP’92) is a senior historic preservation specialist with the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Center for Historic Buildings. As a recognized compliance expert, she is responsible for oversight of Section 106 regulatory review for GSA restoration, redevelopment and new construction projects. In 1999, Brierton was detailed by GSA to the White House Millennium Council where she managed the federal Save America's Treasures program. In 2014, Brierton served as producer for the documentary film Victor Lundy: Sculptor of Space which chronicled the life and career of modern era master architect, Victor A. Lundy. In 2006, in her capacity as a trustee for the D.C., Preservation League, Brierton chaired ‘DC Modern: Inventory, Issues and Impact,’ Washington’s first symposium to comprehensively address mid-century modern architecture in the Nation’s Capital. Brierton published her first book, American Restoration Style: Victorian in 1998 and most recently contributed to the 2018 Princeton Architectural Press publication Victor Lundy, Artist Architect.
Nate Rogers, (MArch’11, MSHP’11), AIA is a Senior Associate at Beyer Blinder Belle LLP, a design, preservation, and planning practice in New York. With almost a decade of experience in the firm’s planning and higher education/cultural institutions studio, Nate is currently the lead designer for the comprehensive renovation of Adams House, a seven-building complex which comprises Harvard’s oldest residential college. Past projects include new design, master planning, and renovation for Harvard, The University of Pennsylvania, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio. His professional interests center on the perpetual creative challenge and ethical aspects of integrating new architecture within historic settings.
*Students were emailed a recording of this discussion.
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