Carolyn Andrews / Walker Johnson
Johnson-Lasky Architects
Lecture Title: Perception of UIUC's Past Influences Campus Future
Monday, March 1, 2010
5:30 P.M. - Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
UIUC, Getty Trust Campus Heritage Grant
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
The University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a strong history of planning
and implementing continued use of their historic structures and
cultural resources. JLA assisted the University in preparation
of a successful grant application to the John Paul Getty
Foundation to prepare and execute a Campus Heritage Program. The
resulting $250,000 grant has been used to complete a
comprehensive campus survey and organize information into a
publicly-accessible online building register. Related treatment
guidelines for historic resources have also been compiled for
use by university staff. As part of the third portion of the
project, JLA is currently administering an educational program
to bring recognition and understanding of the UIUC Building
Register, Maintenance Guidelines, and general preservation
issues to students, staff, and the surrounding community.
JOHNSON • LASKY ARCHITECTS
is a full service
architecture firm with a specialty in historic preservation and working
with existing structures. Areas of work include the preservation of
National Landmark buildings as well as projects for universities,
churches, the public schools, engineering concerns, and commercial and
private clients. The office
is a unique blend of architects, designers, planners, and historians.
JLA was selected as the campus’ first Historic Preservation
Architect, a contract it was recently awarded a second time.
Walker Johnson is a nationally recognized,
award-winning architect with more than 40 years of specialized
experience in historic preservation. He is a fellow of the American
Institute of Architects and a fellow of the Association of Preservation
Technology. He served three terms on the Illinois Historic Sites
Advisory Council to the State Historic Preservation Office. He was
president of Landmarks Illinois and was very active in its organization.
He served two terms as a PBS Peer Professional for the General Services
Administration and has served on Building Design and Construction
Magazine Award Juries (2004-2008) as well as the 2008 AIA Honor Award
Jury. At UIUC, he was the architect responsible for the restoration of
Foellinger Auditorium in 1986 and the historic architectural consultant
for the restoration of Harker Hall.
Marguerite Kindelin, is an experienced architect,
project manager, and historian. She sits on the Chicago AIA Historic
Resources Committee and is a member of APT.
Current projects include the restoration of Howard Van Doren
Shaw’s Ragdale House in Lake Forest and the reuse of the Historic
Solomon Cottage as the new home for the Park Ridge Historical Society.
She holds a BS in Cultural Anthropology from UIUC, and an MS in
Architectural History and an M Arch from the University of Texas at
Austin.
Carolyn Andrews has a broad background in architecture
and preservation, art/architectural history, civil engineering, and
architectural design. Recently, she has been involved in the production
of Building Preservation Plans for three high-rise buildings in the
Chicago Loop Retail Historic District, restoration and repair of the
Wells Street Bridge and bridge houses just north of the Chicago loop,
and design of a museum exhibit for Great Lakes Naval Base Building 521.
She is currently an active member of Landmarks Illinois, the
Association for Preservation Technology, and the Chicago AIA Historic
Resources Committee.
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Lecture Committee: Stewart Hicks Erik Hemingway Julie Larsen John Senseney
