Day:	Saturday
Location:	Lawrence Hall Room 206
Time:	10:40am - 12:00 pm

So many architectural wonders from the past are disappearing due to age and poor upkeep. Historic preservation is key to keeping these treasures from disappearing forever. The ideals of preservation and sustainability go hand in hand. Gunny Harboe and Craig Mendenhall will discuss the role of sustainability in their preservation work.

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Gregory D. Thomson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture. He teaches architectural structures and construction, historic preservation and sustainable design. His research interests include sustainable design processes and practices that investigate the intersection of the impacts of physical/environmental context, climate, and culture on the built environment. Specific areas of focus include the quantification of design decisions with respect to materials use, energy flows, and human comfort. These interests manifest themselves in: the study and documentation of historic buildings and the methods of environmental control used in vernacular design as well as in Early Modern buildings bridging the period between passive and active systems of environmental control; the study of local climate and the application of bioclimatic design principles in conceptual design phases; and the digital simulation of energy performance in contemporary buildings.

In March of 2006 Gunny Harboe began his own architecture firm specializing in historic preservation and sustainable design. He has gained a national reputation for his award work on the Rookery Building and Reliance Buildings. Both these projects received national Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mr. Harboe was named a “2001 Young Architect” by the National AIA, and in 2002, he was made a member of the GSA’s National Register of Peer Professionals. Mr. Harboe has lectured extensively internationally and all over the U.S., and has published numerous articles about his work. Recent projects include; Holabird and Roche’s Marquette Building, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, Mies Van der Rohe’s Crown Hall, Louis Sullivan’s Carson Pirie Scott Store and Holabird and Root’s Chicago Board of Trade Building, all National Historic Landmarks.