SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

5:30 to 7:00 PM - Welcome Reception and Registration at the Modern Hotel (cash bar)

Thursday, September 4, 2008

7:30 to 8:30 AM - Registration at ITD HQ, 3311 W. State Street

8:30 to 9:00 AM - Welcome and Introductions – The Shock of the New!
Intro to Northwest Mid-century architecture

9:00 to 11:00 AM - Identifying Mid-century Residential Architectural Styles - Jeanne Lambin

11:00 to 11:30 AM - Break

11:30 to 12:30 - Lunch Box Lecture - Presentation by the National Trust for Historic Preservation - Anthea Hartig, Ph. D.

12:30 to 12:45 PM - Break

12:45 to 2:45 PM - Identifying Mid-century Commercial Architectural Styles-Jeanne Lambin

2:45 to 3:00 PM - Break

3:00 to 4:30 PM - Interior Design of the Mid-century – Janice Stevenor Dale

6:00 to 7:30 PM - Pietro Belluschi and the Emergence of Modernism, (Free and open to the Public) – Dr. Meredith Clausen - Intermountain Gas, 555 Cole Rd.

7:30-9:00 PM - Reception follows lecture

Friday, September 5, 2008

8:30 to 9:45 AM – Recording and Evaluating the Recent Past – Paul Lusignan

9:45 to 10:00 AM - Break

10:00 to 11:30 AM - Recording and Evaluating the Recent Past – Paul Lusignan

11:30-12:00 AM - Break

12:00 to 1:00 PM - Lunch box lecture- Idaho’s Arthur Troutner - Jonathan Reich

1:00 to 1:15 PM - Break

1:15 to 2:00 PM - The Films of Charles and Ray Eames

2:00 to 2:15 PM - Tour Overview

2:15 -2:30 PM - Break & Load Bus

2:30 - 5:00 PM - Bus Tour of Boise’s Mid-century Architecture
Dan Everhart

7:00 to 10:00 PM - Mid-Century House Party, at the Doebler Home in the Boise Foothills - A Benefit for Preservation Idaho

AIA Continuing Education Credits

AIA continuing education system credits will be offered for the full 15.5 hour program. All credits will meet the AIA definition for health, safety, and welfare as defined by the Architect Registration Examination.

State Historic Preservation Office Participation

The participation of the State Historic Preservation Offices from around the Northwest and beyond will allow for a comprehensive dialogue regarding the historical context and eligibility of mid-century architectural resources.

Presenters

Meredith Clausen is a professor of architectural history specializing in 19th and 20th c. architecture. Her most recent book, The Pan Am Building and the Shattering of the Modernist Dream, published by the MIT Press in 2005, has paved the way for her current research on the Tour Montparnasse in Paris, the city’s one and only skyscraper, which was built by the same American contractor.

Clausen graduated with a B.A. from Scripps College, Claremont, California, and went on to earn her M.A. (in 1972) and Ph.D. (in 1975) at the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught at the University of Washington since 1979.

Writings: Clausen, Meredith, Frantz Jourdain and the Samaritaine: Art Nouveau Theory and Criticism, E. J. Brill, Leiden 1987.
Clausen, Meredith, The Pan Am Building and the Shattering of the Modernist Dream, MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London 2005; ISBN 0262033240
Clausen, Meredith, Pietro Belluschi: Modern American Architect, MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London 1994; ISBN 0262032201
Clausen, Meredith, Spiritual Space: The Religious Architecture of Pietro Belluschi. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London 1992; ISBN 0295972130

Janice Stevenor Dale, FIIDA, CID is President of J S D A Inc. with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and Boise. www.JSDA.com Ms. Stevenor Dale recently completed her MS Ed, in Educational Technology, with honors, online from Boise State University, earning multiple leadership awards. She achieved a MFA Interior Design from Northern Illinois University, magna cum laude. Her recent thesis research, A Technology Based Design University Curriculum, has been featured and published at several online conferences and InformeDesign. J S D A Inc. clients include, State Farm Insurance, BMW Designworks USA, The Boeing Company, Pacific Energy LLP, Keynetics, and ReMax. An active member in the architecture and design community, she founded the Southern California Calibre Awards. Ms. Stevenor Dale contributed significantly to national professional licensing and recognition through her work with the formative International Building Code. J S D A Inc. has won many awards for design leadership, graphic design excellence, corporate office design and historic preservation. Ms. Stevenor Dale serves on IIDA national committees, the Idaho IDEAL licensing board, has chaired CIDA accreditation teams for universities across the US, and authored sustainable design guidelines prior to LEED. Known as a visionary, she is a frequent speaker on the future of design. Ms. Stevenor Dale can be contacted at Janice@JSDA.com

Dan Everhart is an architectural historian with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). He received his undergraduate degree from Baylor University and studied in the historic preservation program at the University of Vermont. After four years with the Intermountain Region of the National Forest Service, Dan accepted the position with ITD where he assists in completing the federal Section 106 process. Since 2006 Dan has acted as the President of the Board of Trustees for Preservation Idaho, the states only member-funded, non-profit historic preservation organization which is dedicated to advocacy and education.

Anthea Hartig directs the National Trust’s western office, covering the region’s eight states and Pacific territories. She holds a Ph.D. and Master’s Degree from U. C. Riverside, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA. As a third generation Californian, Anthea’s interest in its historic built environment has come to define her professional and advocational life. Prior to coming to the Trust, she was an Assistant Professor of History at La Sierra University in Riverside, and taught graduate preservation classes at U.C. Riverside. She served as a preservation planner for over a decade, most recently at the Senior Planner level for the City of Riverside, and owned a cultural resources consulting firm. She has served on many local, statewide and national history-related non-profit foundations’ boards of directors, including the California Preservation Foundation and the California Council for the Promotion of History, and has published in both academic and professional journals. She had the honor of chairing the California State Historical Resources Commission from 2001-2005 and is at work on a book focusing on the historic citrus landscape of Southern California and another on preservation history, practice and law in California. Anthea lives in San Mateo with her husband and two boys.

Jeanne Lambin is a Professor of Historic Preservation at the Savannah College of Art and Design and author of the National Trust Booklet, Preserving the Resources from the Recent Past. Prior to relocating to Savannah, she was the Program Officer for the Wisconsin Field Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, based in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Before joining the Trust, Ms. Lambin worked as a preservation planner for the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. While at the Commission, she conducted a reconnaissance level survey of Post-1940 architecture in Chicago. She is a former board member of DoCoMoMo US (Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement) and has given numerous talks and presentations throughout the country on preserving the recent past. Her presentations have been highlighted in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Pittsburg Post-Gazette and the National Trust Forum Newsletter. Currently Ms. Lambin is working with the National Alliance of Historic Preservation Commissions to establish a standardized survey form and methodology to assist local historic preservation commissions in their efforts to survey and document the recent past. She has served as the Wisconsin Representative of the Recent Past preservation network and was a member of the Steering Committee of the Roger Brown Study Collection in Chicago, the former home and studio of noted 20th century painter, Roger Brown. She holds a B.S. in Anthropology from Loyola University of Chicago and a Masters degree in Historic Preservation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently a board member of the National Alliance of Historic Preservation Commissions.

Paul Lusignan is a historian with the National Register of Historic Places at the National Park Service. He is responsible for evaluating historic properties nominated by state and federal agencies for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. He works directly with federal agencies, state and tribal historic preservation offices, and the public, providing technical advice and guidance on National Register evaluation procedures, administrative policies, and implementation strategies. Mr. Lusignan received his M.S. in historic preservation from the University of Vermont in 1983.

Jonathan Reich is an architect and professor of Architecture at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where he teaches architectural design thesis studio and interdisciplinary courses in “sustainable design.”

Prior to that he was a professor at the University of Idaho for 7 years where in 1998 he was instrumental in founding the Idaho Urban Research and Design Center (IURDC) in Boise. He was a lecturer at the University of California Berkeley for 5 years where he was also the Founding Director of the Architectural Technology Research Center. He has also taught at a variety of schools in Italy including the Università' di Camerino Facoltà' di Architettura in Ascoli Piceno, Pennsylvania State University’s Sede di Roma.

Reich holds degrees both in History and in Environmental Design from the University of Washington in Seattle, as well as in Architecture from UC Berkeley.

His research has been concerned with interdisciplinary integrated design focusing on such topics as bio-technical methods of erosion control in creek restoration, the history of engineered lumber, urban infill housing, and urban infill development and freeway lids. He has lectured widely and his work has been disseminated in publications, paper presentations, design competitions, and juried exhibitions.

He is a registered architect in Washington and California with numerous built projects in both states including homes, theaters, award winning public school buildings, and other public work.

He is active as an advocate for affordable housing having served on the Board of Directors of Mercy Housing Idaho Inc for ten years and currently on the Cal Poly Housing Corporation Board. He was one of the Founders of the Northern California chapter of Architects Designers Planners for Social Responsibility in 1984. He has been a member of the Society of Building Science Educators since 1994.

Reich’s research about the life and work of Arthur Troutner has consisted of visits to pertinent sites, interviews with the participants, review of historical documents, and study of other research and publications. The research has been supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Fine Arts, the University of Idaho Research Council, the Idaho Humanities Council, and the Idaho Heritage Trust. The work has been presented and published in various forms by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, the Architectural Research Centers Consortium, and the American Institute of Architects.

The research has also benefited greatly from the comments of those who have reviewed it. These have included the notable scholars Edward Allen, Edward Ford, Max Underwood, Julia Robinson, Jeffrey Cook, Ralf Weber, and Sandra Stannard. In addition, friends and associates of Troutner such as Bill Bowler, Nels Reese, George Roberts, Peter Johnson, (and of course Art Troutner himself) have reviewed the work and contributed information.