Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the groundbreaking Preserving the Recent Past conference series and the founding of DOCOMOMO-US, PRP4 will provide a new forum to share the latest strategies for identifying, protecting, and conserving significant structures and sites from the post-World War II era. Public and private stakeholders are invited from across the spectrum of preservation, non-profit, and development organizations: specialists in architectural conservation, cultural landscapes, and history, as well as owners and site managers, design and construction professionals, planners, government officials, educators and students, and fans of postwar cultural resources. The conference will take place March 19-22, 2025 in Boston, MA.
Boston has a compelling concentration of modern and postmodern buildings, and presents a unique opportunity to explore many facets of recent past preservation–from the challenging legacy of urban renewal to opportunities for sustainable reuse and beyond.
The conference will feature:
Paper sessions in concurrent tracks featuring rehabilitation and advocacy strategies, architectural history, and technical conservation issues and solutions for recent past resources.
Special seminars and workshops on targeted topics.
Tours of recent past sites throughout the Boston area.
AIA Continuing Learning Units for all paper sessions, workshops, and tours.
Space available for affinity organization meetings.
Onsite book sales.
PRP4 will be centered at The Boston Architectural College located in Boston's Back Bay, a vibrant neighborhood rich in recent past architecture. The main campus building, designed by Ashley, Myer and Associates in the modern, brutalist style of concrete construction, was selected for dedication in 1966.
We hope you will join us! For more information, please visit www.preservingtherecentpast.org.
