Panel Discussion: ‘The Future of Preserving Modern Architecture"

Lauren Weiss Bricker, Clarkson Chair in Planning

Buffalo, 1973, photo by George Burns. Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977 Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006.

Buffalo, 1973, photo by George Burns. Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977
Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006

Thursday, March 7
3 pm - 4:30 pm
Greatbatch Pavilion / Martin House Complex 
43 Jewett Parkway
Buffalo, NY 14214

This panel brings together local preservationists and architects in a provocative and timely conversation with architectural historian Dr. Lauren Weiss Bricker about the future of preserving Modern architecture. The panelists will bring their experiences with the successes, losses, and challenges of preserving sites from the Modernist era from across the country, with particular emphasis on cases from California and Western New York. 

Panelists:

  • Dr. Lauren Weiss Bricker, Professor, California Polytechnic University, and 2019 Clarkson Chair in Planning at UB's School of Architecture and Planning
  • Kerry Traynor, Clinical Associate Professor, UB School of Architecture and Planning, and Principal, KTA Associates
  • Jessie Fisher, Executive Director, Preservation Buffalo Niagara
  • Gwen Howard, Vice President, Architecture Group, Foit-Albert Associates, Architecture, Engineering and Surveying, PC 
  • Barbara Campagna, Principal, Barbara A. Campagna Architecture and Planning, PLLC
  • Matthew Meier, Partner, HHL Architects

Moderator:

  • Dr. Ashima Krishna, Assistant Professor, UB School of Architecture and Planning