Daniel Bluestone in the News

Monday, October 22, 2007

Faculty Recognized in 2007 National Trust for Historic Preservation Awards

Two School of Architecture faculty members shared in separate National Preservation Awards which were given at the annual meeting of the National Trust for Historic Preservation held this year in Minneapolis on October 4th. Associate Professor Daniel Bluestone, Director of the Historic Preservation Program, shared in the National Trust/HUD Secretary's Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation. Awarded for the rehabilitation of the Raymond M. Hilliard Center, a five building Chicago Public Housing Project designed between 1962 and 1966 by renowned modern Architect Bertrand Goldberg. Bluestone conducted the historical research and employed the challenging Category G criterion (for historic properties of less than 50 years old) in obtaining National Register of Historic Places listing for Hilliard. This work made possible the $100 million dollar rehabilitation of the Hilliard Center as a historic renovation guided by the Secretary of the Interior guidelines on rehabilitation and supported by federal tax credits. Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Julie Bargmann's work with D.I.R.T. Studio was recognized in association with a 2007 National Preservation Honor Award for the design of the Urban Outfitters Corporate Office Campus in Philadelphia. This project involved the rehabilitation of five abandoned industrial buildings in the historic Navy Yard in Philadelphia that has sparked the rebirth and economic development of south Philadelphia.

Monday, May 22, 2006

Architecture Debate Featured in NYT Magazine; Dean, Faculty Quoted

Dean Karen Van Lengen and other school faculty members are quoted in the article titled, “Expanding on Jefferson,” by Adam Goodheart that appeared in The New York Times Magazine yesterday. The article discusses globally the challenges of designing architecture for campuses with a dominant traditional design and specifically the history of the design approval process for the South Lawn Project at the University of Virginia.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Assoc. Professor Julie Bargmann's Work With Superfund Sites Featured in Virginia Magazine

The work of Associate Professor Julie Bargmann, both in her landscape architecture studios at the school and in her practice, D.I.R.T., is featured in the spring issue of Virginia Magazine article, "Queen of Slag: Transforming Industrial Wastelands," by Lee Graves. Several of Bargmann's projects over the past 6 years are highlighted.