Liz Waytkus's guest appearances

Liz Waytkus

US Modernist Radio - Architecture You Love

Practical Preservation

Paul Moore

Herman Miller

Michael Boyd

Walter Gropius

Julius Shulman

Michael Stern

Tom Wright

Suzanne Somers

AJ Lambert

Adrian Kinney

Marsh Davis

Allison Arieff

Josh Cooperman

Martie Lieberman

Chris Menrad

OwlTail

On this week’s episode of the Practical Preservation Podcast Danielle spoke with Liz Waytkus, Executive Director of the United States chapter of Docomomo International, a non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the modern movement for nearly 25 years.Danielle and Liz discussed the importance of local, state, and national designation of historically relevant architecture. Liz’s article for Dezeen on the demolition of Marcel Breuer’s Geller I house goes into detail about how this type of designation could have saved this significant piece of modern American architecture. 

On this week’s episode of the Practical Preservation Podcast Danielle spoke with Liz Waytkus, Executive Director of the United States chapter of Docomomo International, a non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the modern movement for nearly 25 years. Danielle and Liz discussed the importance of local, state, and national designation of historically relevant architecture. Liz’s <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2022/02/04/marcel-breuers-geller-i-demolition-opinion/?fbclid=IwAR2DXm2DQYrerxV4VS0aJ6IUQ7oIP75b0ilR4QmUS3LbgzHDQSl3b9gK3Cw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">article</a> for Dezeen on the demolition of Marcel Breuer’s Geller I house goes into detail about how this type of designation could have saved this significant piece of modern American architecture.

Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Liz Waytkus of Docomomo US

Michael Miner

Today we explore two different approaches to reviving Modernist buildings: preserving them or building them from scratch! Michael Miner is a documentary filmmaker who since 2002 has devoted his career entirely to the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, chronicling the master architect’s buildings in a series of films. Miner’s first Wright film, Sacred Spaces, was completed in 2005 followed by A Child of the Sun, the story of the West Campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland and Romanza, which was released in 2011. Miner's fourth film is called Masterpieces. But here what's really interesting - he's on a mission to actually build some of Wright's unbuilt buildings starting in Banff, Canada.  Liz Waytkus is the Executive Director of Docomomo US, the leading preservation organization dedicated to the preservation of modern architecture, landscapes, and design. She has worked to increase the awareness of and appreciation for significant modern sites and developed annual Docomomo US National Symposium and the Modernism in America Awards. Her organization's most recent success was preserving the Ambassador Grill near the United Nations in NYC.

Today we explore two different approaches to reviving Modernist buildings: preserving them or building them from scratch! Michael Miner is a documentary filmmaker who since 2002 has devoted his career entirely to the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, chronicling the master architect’s buildings in a series of films. Miner’s first Wright film, Sacred Spaces, was completed in 2005 followed by A Child of the Sun, the story of the West Campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland and Romanza, which was released in 2011. Miner's fourth film is called Masterpieces. But here what's really interesting - <a href="http://flwrevivalinitiative.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">he's on a mission to actually build some of Wright's unbuilt buildings</a> starting in Banff, Canada. Liz Waytkus is the Executive Director of <a href="http://www.docomomo-us.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Docomomo US</a>, the leading preservation organization dedicated to the preservation of modern architecture, landscapes, and design. She has worked to increase the awareness of and appreciation for significant modern sites and developed annual Docomomo US National Symposium and the Modernism in America Awards. Her organization's most recent success was preserving the Ambassador Grill near the United Nations in NYC.

#23/Reviving Modern: Michael Miner & Liz Waytkus