Ecole de Chaillot 125th Anniversary: A publication.

Posted on 2 November 2012 by rmhprize

To mark the 125th anniversary of the Ecole de Chaillot, the Editions des Cendres, in collaboration with the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, have published a book on the school’s remarkable history.

ecole-chaillot Written by Florence Contenay, Jean-Marie de Montclos and Benjamin Mouton, this book retraces the birth and development of the school, emphasizing the different problems inherent in the training of architects specializing in patrimony yet facing contemporary challenges.

“L’Ecole de Chaillot
Une Aventure des Savoirs et des Pratiques”
(Architecture et Patrimoine)
Editions des Cendres, Cite de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine.
24 Euros.

First Richard Morris Hunt Scholar : five weeks in the USA historic industrial sites

Posted on 29 September 2012 by rmhprize

by Isabelle Michard

It is fascinating and encouraging to see how a series of marvellous coincidences can flow from a single act. I have just had this experience!

On December 4, 2011, I applied for the Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship. As the Architecte des Batimentsde France in Moselle, I work on behalf of the the Ministry of Culture to protect the built heritage in my region. I monitor the quality and integrity of protected zones around designated historic monuments. I met the RMHF Juryand presented my research topic: the industrial heritage of Moselle, which is known for its industry, its steel factories, and especially its coal mines. Today this area is deteriorating, its landscape is polluted and abandoned, and its future is in question, to say the least. I did not receive the Fellowship, but the jury, struck by the timeliness of my topic, decided to create the first RMH Scholar Residency. I became the first Hunt Scholar and was invited to spend five weeks researching in the United States.
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Nominations

Posted on 10 June 2012 by rmhprize

Congratulations to:

Mireille Grubert
Architecte et Urbaniste en Chef de l’Etat
Directrice du Centre des Hautes Etudes de Chaillot
was made : Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur

Isabelle Pallot-Frossard
Directeur Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques (LRMH)
was made : Officier de la Légion d’Honneur

July 2012

Philippe Bélaval was made :Président du CMN

Toulouse, Albi, Carcasonne – Seminar RMHF 2012

Posted on 16 May 2012 by rmhprize

Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship RMH Fellows meet in Toulouse – Carcassonne – Albi. May 25th. – May 29th. 2012

Under the guidance of Vanessa Fernandez (RMHF 2010) and Jean-Christophe Simon (RMHF 1993)

After Paris, Lyon, Washington DC, Angers, Chicago, the RMHF wished to be associated with the city of Toulouse, remarquable example of «Tradition» and «Architectural Innovation» in an historical context.

Acting as a laboratory of ideas, enriched by the comparison and contrast of experiences and perspectives of each Fellow, this seminar will put into perspective the latest developments in theory and practice related to heritage conservation. It will also reinforcethe personal and professional bonds of the Fellows, ensuring the strength and sustainability of the RMHF.

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Isabelle Michard nominated as the first RMH scholar

Posted on 10 May 2012 by rmhprize

Building on a tradition of reciprocity scholarly exchange between France and United States, the American Architectural Foundation and the French Heritage Society are pleased to provide the Richard Morris Hunt Scholar program an exciting, new periodic opportunity to complement the Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship

The Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship was created in 1990, at the initiative of the American Architectural Foundation and French Heritage Society, in the spirit of Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895) first American architect to graduate from l’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. This prestigious Prize allows a French or American architect, highly recognized for his or her skills in architectural preservation, to spend six months of research on a topic which he will have defined as of a major importance in his field, in one or the other country.

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