The mission of the AIA Historic Resources Committee (HRC) is to identify, understand, and preserve architectural heritage, both nationally and internationally. HRC is engaged in promoting the role of the historic architect within the profession through the development of information and knowledge among members, allied professional organizations, and the public.

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Highlights

Preservation Architect
The AIA Historic Resources Committee official quarterly electronic newsletter. Interested in contributing? See the Tips for Authors. Read the Letter from the 2009 Chair.

Allied Programs and Events
The AIA HRC regularly updates lists of allied organization events and allied organization award, grant and fellowship programs.

Resources

Book List
The AIA HRC has compiled a reading list based on the recommendations of members around the country. We hope to continuously expand the list with additional titles. If you know of a book that should be on the list, we encourage you to send your recommendation to Raymond Plumey, FAIA.

AIA HRC Guide to Historic Preservation
This primer to preservation of historic properties covers accepted definitions in the field, how such properties are identified and treated, the architectural services provided in preservation projects, the phases of a project, the professionals needed on a preservation team, costs and benefits, and how to select a preservation architect.

Danish Modern Then and Now
This conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September 2008, jointly sponsored by the AIA Committee on Design and the AIA Historic Resources Committee.

• Interact with conference attendees through blogs and discussion groups, see pictures from the event, post your own comments, and react to the knowledge that is being shared on the conference networking Web site.
• Read the conference report which is printed under an agreement between Places/Design History Foundation and The American Institute of Architects.

Podcast: A Global History of Architecture
Listen in on a fascinating discussion with professor and author Francis D.K. Ching about his latest book, A Global History of Architecture—a work lauded as "unabashedly huge" in proportion and refreshingly unique in perspective. The work spans the globe from 3500 BCE to the present day, discussing certain styles and historical periods but dwelling primarily on specific architectural works.

Article: Architects in Historic Preservation: The Formal Role of the AIA, 1890-1990

Renowned Architectural Historian Spiro Kostof Lectures Available Online from the University of California, Berkeley
Spiro Kostof (1936-1991), widely recognized as one of the world's leading architectural historians, taught his last course in the Spring of 1991 in the Architecture Department of UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design. The 26 lectures of his course "A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism" covering the period from the Florentine Renaissance to the post-modernism of the late 20th century were video recorded and have recently been digitized and made available for public viewing. Kostof's lectures were heralded for situating the architectural monument in a framework of vernacular buildings that imbue it with meaning.