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4March 30, 2010Week 29 – The Design of Concrete for Durability by the Ancient Romans, Part 1 – Reinforcement (or lack thereof)

1March 23, 2010Week 28 – Spring Fever, and Roman Concrete vs. Modern Concrete

1March 17, 2010Week 27 –Drawing as a Means of Learning; Comings and Goings at the American Academy

2March 8, 2010Week 26 – Architectural Darwinism, Modernism, and Celebrating the Third Anniversary of the Rome Sustainable Food Project

1March 1, 2010Week 25 – The Kindness of Strangers, and the Clay Roofing Tile Overhang at Palazetto Cenci

Matthew Bronski
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In the course of my 14 years of practice in historic preservation, the work of the Roman architect/engineer/planner/master builder Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Vitruvius), as set forth in his seminal text The Ten Books of Architecture, has provided me with a frequent touchstone for my own work. Now, with the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize in Historic Preservation and Conservation awarded to me by the American Academy in Rome, I will follow in the footsteps of Vitruvius, utilizing his methodology of direct observation of existing buildings (the details, materials, and methods of their construction, and their current condition) to derive the lessons they have to teach us regarding long-term durability and preservation.
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