Preserving Gulf Coast Architecture in a Global Context

Preserving Gulf Coast Architecture in a Global Context

Location: Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center

117 E. Government St.

Pensacola, FL 32502

Date: Friday, September 25, 2015

Reception at 5:00 pm

Lecture at 6:30 pm

Open to the public

Sponsored by: AIA Florida Northwest

UWF Historic Trust

Quina Grundhoefer Architects

Professor John H. Stubbs, Assoc. AIA, Director of the Master of Preservation Studies at Tulane University, will speak on preserving Gulf Coast architecture in the light of his 20 years experience serving as Vice President for Fields Projects at the World Monuments Fund in New York.  Having traveled to over 100 countries, he has been instrumental in architectural conservation projects at sites ranging from ancient Pompeii and Czar's Palaces in St. Petersburg in Europe to Angkor Wat and the Forbidden City in Asia. The lecture will highlight architectural preservation initiatives in different parts of the world illustrating with Stubbs has proposed in two books, that cultural heritage protection is a growing global movement.

John H. Stubbs, Assoc. AIA
Director of Preservation Studies Program
Christovich Senior Professor of Practice
Master of Science in Historic Preservation, Columbia University
Bachelor of Science in Construction Technology, Louisiana State University
ICCROM Rome

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