A Symposium in Celebration of Fallingwater’s 75th Anniversary  

April 5, 2011    
Carnegie Museum of Art Theater    
Pittsburgh, PA

A conference organized by Fallingwater, a property entrusted to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, University of Pittsburgh’s Architectural Studies Program, and the Carnegie Museum of Art for public research on modern heritage.

When he designed Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright abandoned conventional notions of building and living.  New materials and technologies permitted unprecedented experimentation while creating unexpected challenges that define the modern movement.  To explore these issues, an international gathering of directors and curators will convene in Pittsburgh to discuss strategies for preserving and interpreting nine of the world’s iconic modern house museums.

Morning Program: begins 9:00am

• Welcome: Tracy Myers and Raymund Ryan, Curators, Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art  
• Introduction: Drew Armstrong, Director, Architectural Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh  
• Session Chair: Lynda Waggoner, Vice President and Director, Fallingwater  
• A Landmark in Transition:  The Miller House and Garden, Columbus, Indiana: Bradley C. Brooks, Director of Historic Resources, Indianapolis Museum of Art  
• Alvar Aalto in Context: Communicating the Modern House: Dr. Susanna Pettersson, Director, Alvar Aalto Foundation and Alvar Aalto Museum  
• The MAK Center at the Schindler House: Taking Cues From a Modern Experimentalist: Kimberli Meyer, Director, MAK Center for Art and Architecture  
• Investigating Materiality: Re-Restoring Mies’s Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic:  Iveta Cerná, Director, Villa Tugendhat

Afternoon Program:  begins 1:30pm

• Session Chair: Justin Gunther, Curator, Buildings and Collections, Fallingwater  
• Preservation Challenges of the Gropius House: Benjamin Haavik, Team Leader, Property Care, Historic New England  
• Interpreting Rustic Modernism at the Wharton Esherick Museum:  Paul Eisenhauer, Executive Director/Curator, Wharton Esherick Museum  
• Farnsworth House: Public Preservation of the New: Whitney French, Executive Director, Farnsworth House  
• Conservation at the Glass House: The First Five Seasons: Irene Shum Allen, Curator and Collections Manager, Philip Johnson Glass House

This day-long symposium is open to the public.  To register, visit www.fallingwater.org/125 of call Fallingwater Reservations at 724-329-8501.