Page & Turnbull has recently celebrated the contributions of women throughout history, and now we aim to acknowledge the women shaping our present. These individuals include both established leaders and emerging talents within Page & Turnbull. They offer their perspectives on inspiration, motivation, leadership abilities, strategies for inclusion, and guidance for young women pursuing careers in architecture, planning, and preservation.

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Our colleagues Hannah Simonson and Sarah Brummett attended the Preserving the Recent Past 4 (PRP4) Conference in Boston. The conference brought together preservation leaders to discuss rehabilitation and reuse strategies for recent past buildings and sites, and the importance of preserving and celebrating diverse histories.  
 
Hannah presented a leading-edge context statement on Late Modern, Postmodern, and New Modern architecture in San Francisco from 1960-2000. The presentation was immensely popular and struck a chord with attendees, even being cited in the closing plenary session—asking how to consider and evaluate the significance of buildings from those eras more broadly.  
 
There were many tours and Hannah and Sarah were able to visit Boston City Hall (1968 / Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles) and MIT’s Cambridge campus with recent past masterworks like Baker House (1949 / Alvar Aalto) and the Chapel (1956 / Eero Saarinen). 
 
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Hannah: One of the highlights was a walking tour through what Chris Grimley and his colleagues have termed the “Ugly Valley” which explored the cycles of taste and maintenance while looking at some of the best (or worst?) examples of Brutalism and Postmodernism in Boston’s Back Bay and South End. 
 
Sarah: A strong through-line for me was both the importance and unique possibilities of community engagement, organizing, and advocacy in preserving buildings of the recent past, particularly those associated with significant changes in immigration patterns to the US in the latter half of the 20th century. The ways in which diverse and dynamic communities inhabit, adapt, and contribute to the built environment inspires and requires new approaches to preservation practice.  

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To read Hannah’s Context Statement, click the link in our bio.

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