The symposium will focus on adaptive reuse and will bring together professionals with historic preservation expertise in the areas of real estate development, economics, and urban planning. Adaptive reuse has become an important focus for the College of Design and indeed for historic preservation efforts in Lexington and the Commonwealth. The symposium will foster what we hope will be a productive exchange of ideas by bringing together national, regional and local experts to discuss adaptive reuse best practices.
3/31 – 10:00 AM
Adaptive Reuse: Urban Planning
Roberta Brandes Gratz
Journalist and urban critic, lecturer and author of ‘The Living City’ and ‘Cities Back From the Edge’
3/31 – 2:00 PM
Adaptive Reuse: Real Estate Development
Holly Wiedemann
Principal, A.U. Associates
4/1 – 10:00 AM
Adaptive Reuse: Economics
Donovan Rypkema
Economist, historic preservationist, author, and Principal of Place Economics
4/1 – 1:30 PM
Adaptive Reuse: Nonprofit Redevelopment
Matthew Kiefer
Attorney, Harvard University Loeb Fellow, and Board President of Historic Boston, Inc.
All lectures will be followed by a community response panel and audience Q&A.
The Symposium is free and open to the public.
Lectures will be registered with the AIA for Continuing Education Credit (two credits for each lecture).
Parking is available in the Carnegie Center parking lots, and the First Presbyterian parking lot.
Community Response Panel Thursday 3/31:
Mark Dennon, Kentucky Heritage Council
Bettie Kerr, LFUCG Historic Preservation Division
Bill Weyland, City Properties Group
Robert Trujillo, South Hill Group
Tom Eblen (moderator)
Community Response Panel Friday 4/1:
Joe Pierson, Kentucky Trust for Historic Preservation
Dan Rowland, Progress Lexington
Tom Martin, Business Lexington
Holly Wiedemann (moderator)
This symposium was made possible through the generous support of our sponsors:
The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation
Clyde Carpenter
David E. Gall, Architect, PA
Morgan Worldwide
University of Kentucky Student Government Association
Organized by the College of Design and the Historic Preservation Graduate Organization of the University of Kentucky.
