Sara Bronin will deliver the Paul S. Byard Memorial Lecture at Columbia GSAPP. See posting below:
Sara Bronin, Professor at Cornell’s College of Architecture Art & Planning and Associate Member of the Cornell Law Faculty, will deliver the Paul S. Byard Memorial Lecture at Columbia GSAPP.
Bronin will be joined in conversation by Erica Avrami, James Marston Fitch Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation, and Jorge Otero-Pailos, Professor and Director of the M.S. and Ph.D. in Historic Preservation programs at Columbia GSAPP.
This lecture will be held in person and is open to Columbia University affiliates with a Green Pass, and will be live-streamed for the general public on the GSAPP YouTube Channel.
Sara Bronin is a Mexican-American architect and attorney whose interdisciplinary research focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places. As a leading voice on historic preservation law and related land use practices, Bronin was recently nominated by the Biden administration to chair the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). The council advises the president and congress on decisions and policies that promote the preservation and enhancement of national historic resources.
The Paul S. Byard Memorial Lecture celebrates the legacy of Paul S. Byard, Director of Historic Preservation at Columbia GSAPP from 2000-2008. The lecture has previously been given by Annabelle Selldorf, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Cruz y Ortiz, Francine Houben, and Nieto Sobejano among others.