Anne Fairfax lectured recently at the 14th annual US / International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS) International Symposium held in Washington D.C. June 2-4, 2011, on the issue of designing and building within historic districts. She was asked to present a firm project that featured how to handle insertions into these sensitive areas.
As a prelude to the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Act [2012], this Symposium will present internationally and nationally renowned experts, who will discuss the relationship between old and new. The Symposium will be organized in four cycles, and will explore the relationship between old and new at the urban level, at the cultural landscape level, leading to the design of buildings in historic contexts and culminating with a round-table discussion at the recently restored and expanded Virginia Capitol. The Virginia Capitol, originally designed by Thomas Jefferson, is now on the US Tentative World Heritage Sites List.
The 2011 Symposium will be the prologue to the 15th Annual International Scientific Symposium 2012 to be held in San Antonio, Texas that will celebrate the World Heritage Convention and bring together experts from the United States, the Caribbean and Central /South America.
