from the press release:

Join Author, Charles Bloszies to discuss his book, Old Buildings, New Designs . Increasingly, architects are asked to design new work for existing structures. Whether for reasons of preservation, sustainability, or cost-effectiveness, the movement to reuse buildings presents design constraints and possibilities that differ from those encountered during the design of new buildings. Old Buildings, New Designs | Architectural Transformations reveals and explores the issues of working within a given architectural fabric—from the technical matters that arise from aging construction to the controversy generated by the various project stakeholders to the unique aesthetic possibilities created through the juxtaposition of old and new. Old Buildings, New Designs | Architectural Transformations features nineteen innovative case studies of built work by an international list of renowned architects including Daniel Libeskind, Renzo Piano, Foster + Partners, and Herzog & de Meuron, as well as an insightful foreword by noted architect and preservationist Hugh Hardy.

Date: Monday, April 30, 2012

Time: 6 PM – 7:30 PM

Location: AIANC Center for Architecture and Design 14 East Peace Street, Raleigh NC 27604

Free and open to the public

http://aianc.org/cde.cfm?event=383728