Chairs:

Kathleen Gerner – Annum Architects, United States of America

Jorge Salcedo – U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, OBO

Presentations:

– Case Study: The Major Rehabilitation and Expansion of the U.S. Embassy in Athens Greece, originally designed by Walter Gropius (1959-1961).

Kathleen Gerner

– Modernism and Diplomacy: Paying it Forward at U.S. Embassies

Jorge Salcedo

– A Case Study in Modernism and Diplomacy: The Major Rehabilitation and Restoration of the Brutalist U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay, originally designed by I.M. Pei (1959-1969).

Troy Thompson

– Case Study: Historic Intent and the Renovation of Eduardo Catalano’s U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires

Juan Villafane

– Maintaining Cultural History and Meeting 21st Century Expectations – Embassy Montevideo as Example for Diplomatic Major Renovations

Frederick J Poehler