This session explores the profound impact of postwar infrastructure on community transformations, focusing on architectural innovations, pedagogy, and housing through case studies from Caracas, Chicago, and Miami.

“Rise and Fall of a Gasoline Driven Building (El Helicoide, Caracas Venezuela). From the Machine toward an Architecture”
Henry Rueda

“Pedagogy and the Paradoxes of Modern Architecture in Chicago’s South Side”
Junko Taguchi
 

“Concrete Monsters: Charting the Postwar Architectural History of Housing Segregation in Miami”
Hector Fernando Burga
 

The three papers in this session explore the ways in which color enriched the materiality and image of twentieth-century modernity/modernism from the 1930s to the 1970s in a range of different building types. 

"Mixed Metals in Architecture," Edward FitzGerald

"An Exploration into Mid-Century Glass Block Design: The Colored, Patterned, and Textured Era," Nicole Frank, MSHP

"Five Shades of Pink: Exploring Images of Arquitectonica’s Spear House," Karol R. Williams, MArch

This session offers two studies in the endurance of the modern Brutalist style into the present. 

“Test of Time: 1960s Tropical Brutalist Architecture Today”
Veronica A. Castro

“Revisiting 111 Lincoln Road: on the Lineage and Persistence of (Sub)tropical Brutalism"
Carlos Eduardo Comas and Marta Peixoto

This session explores the intersection of Modernist architectural design aesthetics and the evolution of Race relations in the American city during the second half of the 20th century. The presentation focuses on the role of public space as protest, school design as “progressive” yet segregated politics and urban renewal as monumental planning.

"Caught In The Middle: Ralph and William Zimmerman’s Sarasota School Designs Through The Era of Desegregation," Susan Singh

"Urban Renewal and Post-Modern Legacy of Oklahoma City," Selena Bagnara Milan

"Dive-In at the Monson Motor Lodge: St. Augustine, 1964," Arièle Dionne-Krosnick

Many pre- and post-war Modern buildings were adorned with artworks designed by notable artists and designers of the era, and many were integral to the designs of the buildings themselves. What happens to these artworks when their buildings are slated for demolition, and how is a building impacted when its integral art is removed due to disrepair?

"Cherished and Repurposed: Relocating Monumental Modern Mosaics," Christina Varvi and Caroline Dickensheets

"Overview of Alternative Solutions and Practices for the Stewardship of Controversial Depictions of Indigenous Peoples in WPA Artworks," Peter Meijer

This session explores Modernist architecture in South Florida and the evolving architectural style of Morris Lapidus.

Speakers: Arthur Marcus, Deborah Desilets, David D. McKinney 

Moderator: Allan Shulman

This session discusses the history of Miami Marine Stadium, the 16 year advocacy effort to restore it and "lessons learned" in the advocacy effort. It also considers the architectural design and use of concrete in the structure and details the complex task of removing 200 coats of graffiti. 

Speakers: Don Worth, Rosa Lowinger, Paul Gaudette

Moderator: Vyta Pivo

This session explores how individuals and nonprofit organizations in Sarasota and the greater South Florida Gulf Coast are engaging with the conservation and preservation of modern and postmodern structures, focusing on both individual architects and broader regional concerns that engage the wider public.

Speakers: Marty Hylton III and Kristine Ziedina, Max Strang, FAIA 

Moderator: Victor Deupi
 

This session discusses the legacy of Architect Henry Klumb in Puerto Rico as well as the work of Marion Manley and Robert Law Weed at the University of Miami.

Speakers: Paolo Sanza; Prof. Awilda Rodríguez Carrión; Carie Penabad; Belmont Freeman, FAIA

Moderator: Ricardo Lopez