Photo Randall Mason
PennPraxis, the consulting and community engagement arm of the Weitzman School, and the Weitzman School’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation are working with Tuskegee University to build its preservation teaching capacity, produce original research, and conduct public outreach.
Sarah Lerner (MSHP '20) cannot help but compare their current research on Progressive Era Bath Houses to her lived experience in the world of Covid-19.
Two teams of Penn students received honorable mentions in the highly competitive 2020 Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Hines Student Competition.
On January 24 and 25, 2020, Frank Matero and Michael Henry joined an international panel of archaeologists, engineers, scientists, conservators, and heritage managers to discuss the long-term conservation of the Archaeological Tunnels at the World Heritage Site of Copán, Honduras.
Source: Box 142, Folder 2419, RCL Papers.
Stuart Weitzman School of Design City & Regional Planning and Historic Preservation Associate Professor Francesca Russello Ammon has a new article in the 2020 issue of Journal of Planning History. The article is titled “Reversing the Tide of Suburban Families? The Design, Marketing, and Occupancy of Urban Renewal’s High-rise Housing” and is an occupational history of New Haven, Connecticut’s first downtown high-rises.
Photo Darryl Moran courtesy Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
In an essay for Values in Heritage Management: Emerging Approaches and Research Directions, Randall Mason, an associate professor in the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, explains how Philadelphia’s iconic Eastern State Penitentiary is both an archive of past events and agent of contemporary social change.
Amy Green of Silverlake Conservation.
In late February 2020, over 130 professionals joined together to explore the history, design, and conservation of architectural tile and terrazzo. The two-day symposium, hosted by the Stuart Weitzman School of Design Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, the International Masonry Institute, and the Association for Preservation Technology - Delaware Valley Chapter (APT-DVC) featured presentations and workshop demonstrations.
PennPraxis and The Center for Architectural Conservation (CAC) will develop a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Pennsylvania Hospital.
The University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design’s PennPraxis and The Center for Architectural Conservation (CAC) will develop a Conserv
Aaron Wunsch, an associate professor in the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, has received a Mellon Fellowship in Urban Landscape Studies from
After the devastation of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, an increased number of historic properties has been targeted for demolitions. The reconstruction process, deregulation, the lack of surveys and educational tools have worsened the situation in the last few years.
On Monday, August 5, 2019, twenty new faces arrived at Meyerson Hall on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus. The Historic Preservation department’s new cohort was starting their Summer Institute.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Terra 2021 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage will take place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA from June 8 – 11, 2021.