Historic Preservation

The Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School will return to Puget Sound and Whidbey Island this year, where five sessions will take place during August and September.

Topics include cultural landscapes, cultural resources management, advanced preservation technology, and vernacular farmstead preservation. The hands-on work this year will include window rehabilitation, roofing replacement, barn door rehabilitation, and siding repair.

For Portland architect William (Bill) Hawkins III, preservation has been a career-long pursuit reaching back to when his great uncle met John Muir on a hike at Yosemite National Park. Hawkins’ devotion to Portland—from its natural amenities to its historically significant built environment—mirrors a family tradition of civic involvement that stretches back to his great uncle.

David Ping-yee Lung is the 2013 recipient of the Ellis F. Lawrence Medal, the highest alumni honor presented by the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Lung, BArch ’74, MArch ’78, an educator and heritage conservation scholar, now serves as dean of the faculty of architecture at the University of Hong Kong. He holds several honors and distinctions including the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage Resources Management and Lady Edith Kotewall Professorship in the Built Environment.

The 2012 Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School enjoyed another productive summer of projects, this year at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Eastern Oregon. Students worked with preservation experts from the National Park Service and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to rehabilitate two buildings in the refuge. They also took field trips to nearby sites to learn more about the history of this unique part of Oregon and its preservation needs and practices.