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From Mansards to McMansions: Styles of the Recent Past

About This Webinar

While midcentury modern architecture has received an increasing amount of attention in recent years, many in preservation havenā€™t yet given much thought to other architectural styles of the recent past. But with the architecture of the 1970s reaching the fifty-year mark, itā€™s time to give more consideration to what came after modernism. This webinar will be a follow-up to the webinar focused on Brutalist and Postmodern architecture offered earlier this year, focusing on a broader range of styles from the second half of the 20th century from the traditional to the futuristic. Weā€™ll cover styles that need more attention now (Formalism and Expressionism) to those we will be debating in the future (High Tech and Deconstructivism) as well as those we would rather forget (McMansions).

CE Credits: 1.5 AIA/AICP

This webinar is free to NAPC Members. Please use the discount code provided to you via email or contact director@napcommissions.org.

Who can view: Everyone
Webinar Price: $15.00
Featured Presenters
Webinar hosting presenter
Senior City Planner in Landmark Preservation at the City and County of Denver
Abigail Christman is a Senior City Planner in Landmark Preservation at the City and County of Denver. Abigail has a varied background having previously worked for consulting firms, Colorado Preservation, Inc., and the University of Colorado Denver. Her experience includes Section 106n consultation, reconnaissance and intensive-level surveys, National Register nominations, HABS/HAER/HALS documentation, neighborhood pattern books, preservation tax credit certification, interpretation, public outreach, and serving on the Denver Landmark Commission.
Abigail also teaches a graduate course for CU Denver titled Historic Buildings in Context. Abigail holds a B.A. in History from the University of South, a M.A. in Public History/Historic Preservation from Middle Tennessee State University, and a M.A. in Histories and Theories of Architecture from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, England.
Webinar hosting presenter
Architectural Historian, State of Washington
As the Architectural Historian for the State of Washington for almost 20 years, Michael Houser has a long record of helping owners understand the architecture and history of their buildings. Houser has a common sense, down-to-earth approach about historic preservation issues and prides himself on simplifying the often complex issues of preserving historic resources. Currently he manages the State and National Register programs for Washington State; as well as Washingtonā€™s unique Heritage Barn Program.
Houser helped bring post WWII resources into the states focus by establishing the ā€œNifty-from-the-Last 50 Initiativeā€ in 2003 which initially documented over 300 mid-century modern buildings across the state. As the stateā€™s go-to expert, he has reviewed numerous post WWII resources as part of the Section 106 process, from small ranch houses to cold war military facilities. His current pet project includes creating biographies of architects and designers who practiced Washington state, and he has recently developed a study of Seattle area Parade of Homes.

Houser holds a bachelorā€™s degree from the University of Idaho and a Master of Science Degree in Historic Preservation from Eastern Michigan University. A native of Vancouver, Washington, Michael returned to the Washington state via Bend, OR where he served as the Historic Preservation Planner for six years managing the CLG programs for the County and three incorporated cities. His previous work experience includes time at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI; survey work for the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana; and historic home inspections and architectural work for Thomas Hickey Architects in Chicago.
Documents
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Mansards_to_McMansions.pdf
Conversation
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