SAH Announces Architecture Tours and Public Seminar at Pasadena/Los Angeles Conference

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The Society of Architectural Historians announces public programming scheduled for its 2016 Annual International Conference to be held April 6–10 at the Pasadena Convention Center. Academics and professionals from around the world will convene in Pasadena to share new research on the history of the built environment. In addition to the conference’s 42 paper sessions, SAH will present 18 guided architectural tours of the Pasadena/Los Angeles region as well as a seminar that examines SurveyLA, Los Angeles’ city-wide historic resources program developed by the J. Paul Getty Trust and the City of Los Angeles. All tours and the SAH Los Angeles Seminar are open to the public. Tickets are available at sah.org/2016. Local historians and architects will lead architecture tours on Saturday, April 9, and Sunday, April 10, in Pasadena and Los Angeles, as well as nearby cities including Irvine and Claremont. Works by Richard Neutra, Frank Lloyd Wright, John Lautner, Myron Hunt, Paul Revere Williams and Rudolph Schindler will be featured, as well as building styles such as West Coast modernism, Beaux-Arts and Classical Revivalism. Tours of the architecture of the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Boyle Heights and Frogtown will explore issues related to multiculturalism, gentrification and development. A complete list of tours is listed below. The SAH Los Angeles Seminar, “Surveying L.A.: Past, Present, Future,” will take place on Saturday, April 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at SCI-Arc’s Keck Lecture Hall. The program will include two panel discussions that examine the impact of the Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey, SurveyLA, and its website, HistoricPlacesLA, created to inventory, map and help protect Los Angeles’ significant historic resources. A tour of one of the neighborhoods surveyed, Boyle Heights, will be offered following the seminar (tour tickets sold separately). Panelists include: • Ken Bernstein, Manager,Office of Historic Resources, City of Los Angeles  • David Myers, Senior Project Specialist, The Getty Conservation Institute  • Trudi Sandmeier, Director, Graduate Programs in Heritage Conservation, University of Southern California; Member of SurveyLA Review Committee • Maristella Casciato, Senior Curator of Architectural Collections, The Getty Research Institute • Timothy Hyde, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Conference registration is NOT required to purchase tickets for tours and the SAH Los Angeles Seminar. For complete conference program information and registration rates, visit sah.org/2016.

Images (top-bottom): Schindler House, R.M. Schindler (courtesy MAK Center for Art and Architecture); Ninneman House, Richard Neutra (courtesy David Shearer); Griffith Observatory skyline (courtesy Discover Los Angeles)

CONFERENCE DETAILS
Society of Architectural Historians 2016 Annual International Conference
Dates: April 6–10, 2016
Location: Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E Green St, Pasadena
Website: sah.org/2016

TOURS
Tickets: $25–$110 (plus a one-time $25 per order processing fee)
AIA CES Learning Units available for participation in tours
All tours will depart from the Pasadena Convention Center. 

Saturday, April 9
TR1 Architecture of John Lautner (9 am–4 pm)
TR2 Myron Hunt, Southern California Master Architect (9 am–4 pm)
TR3 Irvine, California: The Master Planned City at 50 (11 am–4 pm)
TR4 Los Angeles' Chinatown and Union Station (11 am–4 pm)
TR5 Pasadena and the City Beautiful Movement (12–4 pm)
TR6 Schindler-Neutra-Ain in Silver Lake (12–4 pm)
TR7 Conjunctive Points: Samitaur, Moss, Culver City (12–4 pm)
TR8 Paul Revere Williams in West Adams (12–4 pm)
TR9 Boyle Heights: The Heart of Los Angeles' Historic Eastside (Complements the SAH Los Angeles Seminar) (12:45–4 pm)
TR10 Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens (1–4 pm)
Sunday, April 10
TR11 Historic Design Gardens of Pasadena (9 am–12 pm)
TR12 Kings Road: An Urban Idyll, 1867–2016 (9 am–12 pm)
TR13 Frogtown and the Los Angeles River Now (9 am–12 pm)
TR14 Master of Modernism: Neutra and Wright in Bakersfield (9 am–5 pm)
TR15 Office Park: Post-Industrial Orange County, 1970–1990 (9 am–5 pm)
TR16 Beyond the "Pasadena Style": Regional Modernism in Southern California (9 am–5 pm)
TR17 Claremont Modern: The Convergence of Art + Architecture at Mid-century (9 am–5 pm)
TR18 Brand Library Restoration (9 am–12 pm)

SAH LOS ANGELES SEMINAR
“Surveying L.A.: Past, Present, Future”
Saturday, April 9, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
SCI-Arc (960 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA), W. M. Keck Lecture Hall 
(Free parking available in the parking lot at 350 Merrick Street, between Traction Avenue and 4th Street.)
Tickets: $20 (advance registration required)
AIA CES: 4 LU

ABOUT SAH
Founded in 1940, the Society of Architectural Historians is a nonprofit membership organization that promotes the study, interpretation and conservation of architecture, design, landscapes and urbanism worldwide. SAH serves a network of local, national and international institutions and individuals who, by vocation or avocation, focus on the built environment and its role in shaping contemporary life. SAH promotes meaningful public engagement with the history of the built environment through advocacy efforts, print and online publications, and local, national and international programs. Learn more at sah.org.