Please join us for an illustrated lecture & book signing with Professor Steven W. Semes on "The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation."

"THE FUTURE OF THE PAST: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation"
with STEVEN W. SEMES, an Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture and Academic Director of its Rome Studies Program.

DATE: Thursday, May 13th, 2010
TIME: 5:30PM - Cocktails & Book Signing • 6:00PM - Illustrated Talk
PLACE: Ed Hardy San Francisco, 188 Henry Adams

A comprehensive and eloquent argument for "new traditional" architecture that preserves the style and character of historic buildings. With contemporary design being redefined by architects and urbanists who are recovering the historic language associated with traditional architecture and the city, how might preservation change its focus or update its mission? Steven W. Semes makes a persuasive case that context matters and that new buildings and additions to old buildings should be harmonious with their neighbors.

Steven W. Semes, a practicing architect for over 30 years, joined the Notre Dame faculty in 2005. Author of two books and numerous articles, Professor Semes is particularly interested in the recovery of the classical language of architecture and the impact that this recovery has on changing approaches to the conservation and interpretation of historic monuments. He has been the Rome Studies Program Academic Director since 2008. His essays and reviews have appeared in the National Trust Forum Journal, Traditional Building, Period Homes, and American Arts Quarterly. He is a Fellow Emeritus of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America.

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