heritage conservation

  1. D-Day Ranger monument saved by Aggie-led restoration effort
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    CHC-led effort saves Ranger Memorial

    posted March 13, 2012
    Visitors to Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, France, can once again visit a cliffside monument honoring the World War II heroism of U.S. Army Rangers, led by a future Texas A&M president, following a $6 million site restoration based on information gathered by the university’s Center for Heritage Conservation.
  2. Glowacki co-edits book of papers examining ancient Crete housing
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    Prof contributes to ancient Crete book

    posted January 26, 2012
    A new book co-edited by Kevin Glowacki, assistant professor of architecture, is deepening the understanding of ancient houses and household activities in the Greek island of Crete. Glowacki and collaborator Natalla Vogelkoff-Brogan, of Athens, Greece, also penned an introductory chapter.
  3. Campagnol paper explores Brazil’s industrial heritage
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    Prof's research explores Brazil’s industrial past

    posted January 23, 2012
    The Brazilian government’s role in enacting legislation to preserve the South American nation’s industrial heritage was researched in a paper by Gabriela Campagnol, assistant professor of architecture at Texas A&M, published in a national preservation journal.
  4. Research centers offer disaster- themed preservation symposium
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    Preservation experts focus on ‘Disaster’ at 13th CHC symposium

    posted January 19, 2012
    Historic preservation efforts undertaken after natural and manmade disasters were the focus of “Disaster,” the 13th Annual Historic Preservation Symposium at the Langford Architecture Center.
  5. Regan Interdisciplinary Faculty Prize presented to arch prof Geva
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    Geva earns Regan Interdisciplinary Faculty Prize

    posted November 22, 2011
    Anat Geva, associate professor of architecture at Texas A&M is the 2011 recipient of the J. Thomas Regan Interdisciplinary Faculty Prize, an award recognizing faculty who are committed to interdisciplinary work in the built environment disciplines.
  6. Alumna-led YMCA building renovation almost complete
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    Former student leads YMCA renovation

    posted November 14, 2011
    The renovation of Texas A&M’s historic YMCA building, overseen by Nancy McCoy ’81, FAIA, an outstanding alumna of the College of Architecture, is mostly complete. McCoy, a founding principal at Quimby McCoy Preservation Architecture, LLP, is an award-winning preservation architect.
  7. Alum overseeing restoration of 600 year-old NM settlement
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    Alum directing New Mexico restoration

    posted November 9, 2011
    Texas A&M environmental design graduate Shawn Evans ’93 is overseeing the preservation of Ohkay Owingeha, a 600 year-old Native American settlement in New Mexico as the director of preservation and cultural projects at Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, a Philadelphia design firm.
  8. Anat Geva appointed to head Southern historical society
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    Anat Geva to head historical society

    posted November 5, 2011
    Anat Geva, associate professor of architecture, has been appointed president of the Southeast Society of Architectural Historians, which promotes scholarship on architecture and related subjects.
  9. 17th century shipwreck sails again in 3-D model by former student
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    Vizzer models 17th century shipwreck

    posted November 1, 2011
    The American Bureau of Shipping’s latest quarterly publication includes an article about a centuries-old Portuguese shipwreck brought back to life in an immersive, 3-D model created by former Texas A&M Master of Visualization Sciences student Audrey Wells ’08.
  10. Former student to head NPS preservation services office
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    Alum heads federal preservation office

    posted October 28, 2011
    Former Texas A&M environmental design student Brian Goeken ‘87 is overseeing the nation’s largest, most successful and most cost-effective community revitalization program as the new chief of the National Park Service’s Technical Preservation Services Office.
  11. Pioneering conservation psychologist to keynote 13th college symposium Oct. 24
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    Social psychologist keynotes college research symposium

    posted September 9, 2011
    Susan D. Clayton, a social psychologist whose work examines how people think about and make personal connections to the environment, delivered the keynote address at the college research symposium Oct. 24, 2011.
  12. CHC team tackles Alcatraz, Texas shipwreck preservation projects
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    CHC images Alcatraz, LaSalle's 1686 ship

    posted June 21, 2011
    Researchers from the Center for Heritage Conservation visited Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay June 6-11, 2011 where they used sophisticated surveying equipment to collect data to create detailed 2- and 3-D models of the island and its historic structures for documentation purposes.
  13. Ph.D. student assists preservation of wooden churches in Ukraine
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    Student preserving wooden churches

    posted June 15, 2011
    Hans Schneider, a doctoral student studying urban and regional science at Texas A&M, has received a Fulbright grant funding a 10-month project aimed at developing a comprehensive regional plan for preserving eight historically significant wooden churches and other historic sites in western Ukraine.
  14. Three college profs co-edit 2010 preservation education journal
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    Three profs co-edit preservation journal

    posted April 15, 2011
    Three College of Architecture professors edited the latest issue of Preservation Education and Research, the academic journal serving the National Council for Preservation Education. The publication features peer-reviewed articles on heritage conservation education, research and scholarship.
  15. Historic Preservation Symposium eyes adaptive reuse research
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    Symposium eyes adaptive reuse

    posted March 1, 2011
    Texas A&M's Center for Heritage Conservation focused on the adaptation of old structures for new purposes during "Adaptive Reuse: Architecture as Found Object," the 13th annual Historic Preservation Symposium Feb. 25 and 26 at the Langford Architecture Center's Preston Geren Auditorium.