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Historic preservation is wide-ranging, spanning the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Its essential nature is multidisciplinary, requiring cooperation across many fields, architecture, the humanities, social sciences, the building trades, law, economics and art history.

Within this environment, the historic preservationist is chartered to care for material culture represented by landscapes and monuments, as well as architecture in both its high styles and vernacular forms. To be effective, a historic preservationist must be able to work within a broad framework. The foundation of this effort is a clear understanding of the project area's history. Knowledge of history, however, must be supported by an understanding of contributing disciplines and, importantly, tempered by sensitivity to the social needs of the local community, which owns the material remnants and memories of that history... read more

Historic Preservation News

• Dean Rockcastle Interviewed in The New York Times

  Garth Rockcastle, Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, is featured in today's New York Times in the Real Estate section.

• Maryland Faculty and Alumna Contribute to Spring 2008 Real Estate Review

  The Spring 2008 issue of Real Estate Review includes several articles authored by affiliates of the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation.

• 1746 Mansion Serves as Historic Preservation Laboratory for Learning

  The School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation's Historic Preservation program has secured Bostwick, one of only four remaining pre-Revolutionary War structures in Bladensburg, MD, as a laboratory for hands-on learning and community enrichment.

• New Student Exhibit Showcases Study Abroad Experiences

  Invitation to a new exhibition "Out of Bounds" featuring a collection of sketches and photographs, which highlight the variety of venues visited in 2007 by the students from the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.