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Historic Preservation
Protecting Indigenous heritage in an age of climate vulnerability
Protecting Indigenous heritage in an age of climate vulnerability
A preservation plan being developed by researchers in the Weitzman School in consultation with local stewards conserves a millennium of human settlement.
Preservation studio teaches preservation planning practice
Preservation studio teaches preservation planning practice
The Weitzman School of Design’s Preservation Studio promotes sound decision-making practices in the face of contemporary preservation challenges.
The Penn-China architectural connection
Penn’s Weitzman School of Design has a long history of collaboration in China, and large number of Chinese international students are undertaking adaptive reuse and historical preservation projects.
At Shenandoah National Park, the past, present, and future of a historic center of Black life
At Shenandoah National Park, the past, present, and future of a historic center of Black life
The Urban Heritage Project, an initiative of the Weitzman School’s Department of Historic Preservation, is working with the National Park Service to evaluate historically segregated cabin camps as nationally significant cultural heritage sites.
Weitzman’s Sarah Lopez on migration, architectural history, ethnography, and urban and spatial justice
Weitzman’s Sarah Lopez on migration, architectural history, ethnography, and urban and spatial justice
The architectural historian and migration scholar is part of the Department of Historic Preservation as well as the Department of City & Regional Planning, focusing on both the material and social connections of labor between Mexico and the U.S.
Penn milestone heralds more expansive approach to preservation
Penn milestone heralds more expansive approach to preservation
For 40 years, Penn’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation has expanded its purview and explores how to become more of a public design practice.
The Mancos Commons rises
The Mancos Commons rises
A historic preservation project in the Colorado town of Mancos led by Weitzman professors Frank Matero and Matt Neff includes a printing press inspired by Penn’s Common Press and an affordable mixed-use housing space.
Weitzman’s Amber Wiley: Illuminating the Black freedom struggle in the built environment
Weitzman’s Amber Wiley: Illuminating the Black freedom struggle in the built environment
The inaugural Matt and Erika Nord Director of Weitzman’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites discusses her new role.
Tuskegee-Penn partnership advances Black preservation
Tuskegee-Penn partnership advances Black preservation
Architecture students at Tuskegee University are studying historic preservation through explorations of buildings on and near the historic HBCU campus, in part through a collaboration with the Weitzman School of Design.
Keepers of the cultural memory
Keepers of the cultural memory
In wartime, saving human lives is a top priority. But secondary considerations often include preserving the cultural heritage also under siege. Penn experts offer their thoughts as the situation in Ukraine continues to unfold.
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The Conversation
Reconstructing heritage after war: what we learned from asking 1,600 Syrians about rebuilding Aleppo
In a co-authored survey of residents of the Syrian city of Aleppo, PIK Professor Lynn Meskell identifies four key themes for the reconstruction of heritage sites after conflict.
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