Preservation Archives - The Architect’s Newspaper https://www.archpaper.com/category/subject/preservation/ The most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States. Wed, 22 May 2024 19:52:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Portland, Maine city council declassifies landmarked building to make way for its demolition as part of Portland Museum of Art expansion https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/portland-maine-declassifies-landmarked-building-demolition-portland-museum-art-expansion/ Tue, 21 May 2024 18:52:40 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376465 In Portland, Maine, the city council ruled to declassify 142 Free Street as a historic building. The locally designated structure is sited adjacent to the Portland Museum of Art (PMA)

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A Frank Lloyd Wright building at Florida Southern College will be renovated by MCWB Architects for Florida’s newest architecture program https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/frank-lloyd-wright-florida-southern-college-mcwb-architects-floridas-newest-architecture-program/ Mon, 20 May 2024 16:47:43 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376395 The Ordway Building, an iconic 1952 structure by Frank Lloyd Wright, will soon host Florida’s newest accredited architecture program. The Florida Southern College School of Architecture will be sited on

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Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the Heckscher Building, a French Renaissance tower by Warren & Wetmore from 1922 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/landmarks-preservation-commission-designates-heckscher-building/ Tue, 14 May 2024 19:47:47 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376115 The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously today to designate the Heckscher Building an individual landmark. The Heckscher Building was completed in 1922 by Warren & Wetmore,

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Wayfarers Chapel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, will be disassembled as land movement in the area continues https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/wayfarers-chapel-disassembled-land-movement-area-continues/ Mon, 13 May 2024 18:41:32 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376040 Today, representatives for Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verde, California, announced plans to disassemble the 1951 ecclesiastical structure by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, Lloyd Wright. Local firm Architectural Resources Group

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Philip Johnson’s Brick House reopens in New Canaan, Connecticut https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/philip-johnson-brick-house-reopens/ Thu, 09 May 2024 18:36:01 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375597 Last week, Philip Johnson’s Brick House—the unassuming partner to the architect’s famous Glass House—reopened its doors in New Canaan, Connecticut. After being closed to the public for 17 years, the

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National Trust for Historic Preservation names 11 places “previously left at the margins” to its annual list of endangered sites and properties https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-names-11-places-previously-left-at-the-margins-to-its-annual-list-of-endangered-sites-and-properties/ Wed, 01 May 2024 18:38:03 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375306 A clan house in Alaska, the residence of a little-known country singer, and a lighthouse on the Hudson River, are among the 11 places spanning the U.S., its territories, and

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Witherford Watson Mann’s humble timber addition is an ideal match for Cambridge’s Clare College https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/witherford-watson-manns-timber-clare-college/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:07:45 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375217 On a typical gray English morning, a humble timber structure glows like a Japanese paper lantern from Clare College, one of the University of Cambridge’s 31 colleges. Only from the

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Demolition underway on Anthony Lumsden’s Bard Building in Baltimore https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/demolition-underway-anthony-lumsden-bard-building-baltimore/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:04:00 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374985 Demolition is underway on one of the few East Coast buildings designed by the late Anthony Lumsden, a colleague of Cesar Pelli and former member of the “LA 12,” a

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Chris Pratt demolishes Craig Ellwood’s Zimmerman House for new mansion https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/chris-pratt-craig-ellwood-zimmerman-home/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:38:33 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374935 Chris Pratt, labeled “the worst Chris” of the many Hollywood actors he shares a name with, has seemingly made a couple of enemies in the niche architecture community. Pratt, alongside wife

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Demolition request for Al Beadle’s White Gates residence in Phoenix is withdrawn https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/demolition-al-beadle-white-gates-residence-withdrawn/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 20:01:53 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374148 At 4918 East White Gates Drive in Phoenix, Arizona, architect Al Beadle’s influence on midcentury modern architecture remains on full view, at least for now. The 1957 residence rang in

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