📣 #APTMember Update Walter Sedovic FAIA FAPT LEED, Founding Principal of WSA ModernRuins®, has been elected President of St Bartholomew’s Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving and restoring the masterpiece St Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue in the heart of New York City. Walter is honored to be working alongside SBC Founder and Chair Carole Bailey French and Executive Director Connie Evans. Please join us in congratulating Walter on his appointment. Photo: © St Bartholomew's Conservancy

Are you receiving our weekly program emails? If not, click on this link to sign up: https://conta.cc/41K5buw. In the meantime, start the year right! Join our webinars on World’s Fairs and Cold War architecture. #Webinars #Architecture #APTMember

📣 WEBINAR: Adapting the Aspirational Modernism of World’s Fairs DATE: Thursday, January 16 TIME: 2 - 3 p.m. ET As showcases for invention and innovation, world’s fairs have presented unique creative opportunities for bold engineering and iconic architecture symbolizing progress. While many fair structures were never intended to survive beyond an exposition, vestiges remain and continue to evolve as enduring expressions of civic pride and optimism. To introduce our series on adapting aspirational modernism, historic engineering and architecture scholar Dr. Matt Sneddon will discuss his dissertation research on the commemoration of science and the industrial arts in fairs and expositions, undergirding nationalistic narratives of technological progress. He’ll review the history of world’s fairs as platforms for modern design, industrial advancement, and cultural exchange, along with conservation and adaptation efforts to preserve and repurpose what the fairs have left behind. Want to join us? Click here to learn more & register: https://lnkd.in/g-RwCf3K #APTWebinar #historicengineering #WorldsFair

✨ Make plans to join us on February 27 for our webinar: Cold War American Embassies and Analogue Sites! Artist and preservation architect Jorge Otero-Pailos will delve into the creative process and history leading to artworks in his sculpture exhibition, Analogue Sites, currently displayed on Park Avenue in Manhattan. The presentation examines the architectural vision of American embassies constructed during the Cold War and Otero-Pailos’ artistic intervention at the decommissioned Cold War-era U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, designed by Eero Saarinen. Featured speaker Jorge Otero-Pailos Preservation architect, artist, and educator will discuss: 🔍 the sculptures he crafted from the steel fence that once safeguarded the embassy 🔍an artifact he rescued from the scrapyard, considering it a vital piece of history 👉 Register now to secure your spot! https://lnkd.in/g-RwCf3K #APTWebinar

Happy new year, APT members, partners, and friends! Any New Year's resolutions you want to share with us? 😉

📣 Excited to announce our next call for student presentations for #APT2025Providence! 🎓 Selected presentations include a scholarship for the conference. Presentations are due February 5. To learn more, visit apti.org.

🎁 As you consider your final year donations, may we suggest the Association for Preservation Technology? Donate today and make an impact on our historic cultural heritage. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gt3y8hUV For 56 years, APT has played a central role in assuring historic places of all types are available for us and future generations. We’ve trained, developed methodologies, and provided the network that helps thousands of historic preservationists, advocates, architects , engineers, students, and other professionals make a direct impact on maintaining, conserving and protecting historic sites 🏛️. We provide technical resources that are unavailable elsewhere. When you give today, you’re doing more than just donating. You're helping to produce dynamic programming, provide more access to students to learn more from their peers, and produce publications 📚to keep the field informed. Thank you for being part of the premier worldwide network for anyone involved in the field of historic preservation. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gt3y8hUV #APTMember

✨ NEW WEBINAR Mark your calendar for February 27 for our webinar: Cold War American Embassies and Analogue Sites. Artist and preservation architect Jorge Otero-Pailos will delve into the creative process and history leading to artworks in his sculpture exhibition, Analogue Sites, currently displayed on Park Avenue in Manhattan. The presentation examines the architectural vision of American embassies constructed during the Cold War and Otero-Pailos’ artistic intervention at the decommissioned Cold War-era U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, designed by Eero Saarinen. Jorge Otero-Pailos will discuss: 🔍 the sculptures he crafted from the steel fence that once safeguarded the embassy 🔍an artifact he rescued from the scrapyard, considering it a vital piece of history 👉 Register now to secure your spot! https://lnkd.in/g-RwCf3K #APTWebinar #ColdWar #AmericanEmbassies

Season's Greetings, APT friends! Hope your day is filled with love and good cheer this season.

📣 NEW WEBINAR: Adapting the Aspirational Modernism of World’s Fairs DATE: Thursday, January 16 TIME: 2 - 3 p.m. ET As showcases for invention and innovation, world’s fairs have presented unique creative opportunities for bold engineering and iconic architecture symbolizing progress. While many fair structures were never intended to survive beyond an exposition, vestiges remain and continue to evolve as enduring expressions of civic pride and optimism. To introduce our series on adapting aspirational modernism, historic engineering and architecture scholar Dr. Matt Sneddon will discuss his dissertation research on the commemoration of science and the industrial arts in fairs and expositions, undergirding nationalistic narratives of technological progress. He’ll review the history of world’s fairs as platforms for modern design, industrial advancement, and cultural exchange, along with conservation and adaptation efforts to preserve and repurpose what the fairs have left behind. Want to join us? Click here to learn more & register: https://lnkd.in/g-RwCf3K #APTWebinar #historicengineering #WorldsFair