View the recordings: 38th Annual Experts Historic Preservation Lecture Series
2025 Experts Lecture Series: Conserving Architecture Wednesdays, January 29 to March 5, 2025 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Virtual on Zoom Free, registration required (scroll down to Register for individual lectures) The series is co-curated and co-sponsored by the UH School of Architecture’s Historic Preservation Graduate Certificate Program and Historic Hawai‘i Foundation. Why Conserve Architecture? How do we measure and protect what we hold dear? Built culture is an expression of human relationship to place, past and one another. Architecture, emerging out of a specific lens of time and locale, encapsulates shared meaning and weaves us together in a collective experience. Conserving architecture, therefore, is integral to the perpetuation of significant places that act as repositories of our histories, and guides to our individual and cultural identities. Join us for the 2025 Experts series -- this year's theme will take us on a journey spanning 150 years of Hawaii's history in an exploration of what it takes to save built sites. The examples highlighted will include one palace, three memorials, two churches and one residence, representing three Islands. Six expert presenters will lead us through their personal efforts to preserve, conserve and perpetuate these significant places. Architectural conservation is the act of preserving, maintaining, and sometimes restoring historic buildings, structures, or sites to protect their cultural, historical, and aesthetic value. The goal: to ensure these structures retain their historic integrity and significance for current and future generations to learn from and engage with. “In preserving a building, we are not merely conserving its material form; we are ensuring the continuity of its history, culture, and significance.” ~James Turrell Wednesday, January 29, 2025 12:00 to 1:00 PM [...]
