Join the WTHP and members of Milwaukee’s historical preservation community for the Historic Preservation Institute’s fourth workshop this season.
This workshop will exam several creative ways to deal with historic iron structures. The intent is to dispel the many myths associated with the obsolescence of iron structures, either as buildings or as engineering feats, particularly in brutal freeze-thaw northern climates.
Presentation #1 will document the struggle to save Milwaukee’s unique 1861 iron-clad building and its associated technical challenges. The second will cover innovative programming and design solutions for reusing massive, rusting engineering structures. Presentation #3 will show the saving, scanning, recreating, and reusing of the zinc fountain statue from the 1893World’s Fair in Chicago.
Lecture details:
RESTORING ESTORING THE IRON BLOCK BUILDING IRON BLOCK BUILDING
Scott Hoppenworth - Bond Façade Services
REUSINGTHE MKE RIVER SWING BRIDGE MKE RIVER SWING BRIDGE
John Everitt - Bray Architects
1893 CHICAGO EXPOSITION CHERUBS
Kendall Breunig, Sunset Investors
Amanda Wagner, Davenport Industries