SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS, MARION DEAN ROSS CHAPTER, TO MEET IN KELOWNA.

Conference theme: Small Cities: Balancing Pasts and Futures in the Pacific Northwest.Join the Society of Architectural Historians in Kelowna for three days of papers, discussions, and tours. Registration for the conference is available to the public as a package or by the day.

The final touches have been made to the 2010 conference program and all registration information has been freshly posted to the SAH/MDR website:

http://sahmdr.org/meetings.html

We will be meeting in Kelowna, British Columbia, this year. Located in the interior of British Columbia, Kelowna (pop. 106,000) and the surrounding region is known for its lakes, mountains, orchards, and more recently, wineries.


This year’s conference will address the unique planning and architectural challenges that small cities (pops. 50,000 to 300,000) face when trying to balance their heritage with their future aspirations. Events will commence in downtown Kelowna with a reception and keynote address on Friday afternoon in Kelowna’s striking Rotary Centre for the Arts. Afterwards, there will be a walking tour of downtown Kelowna’s Cultural District, the hub of Kelowna’s efforts to revitalize its downtown core. On Saturday morning, proceedings will move to the UBC Okanagan campus located 20 minutes north of downtown, where conference papers discussing various small cities in the US and Canada will be given. After lunch and a tour of the sustainable building initiatives on campus, a panel discussion that will be open to the public will take place on the challenges particular to Kelowna, followed by dinner for conference participants in downtown Kelowna. On Sunday, the final day of the conference, participants will tour by coach important heritage sites and beautiful wineries, stopping to enjoy a gourmet lunch and sample local wines.