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Adobe Towns

“Adobe Towns” series of 3 films first screened at the LEHM 2004 in Leipzig last year can soon be seen on TV on the French/German/Swiss channel “arte” and the German channel “Sudwest fernsehen”. More information about the films can be read here: http://www.filmquadrat.de/gb/adobetowns.htm

Title:
1. Adobe Towns: Djenné – City on the edge of the desert
2. Adobe Towns: Shibam – Chicago of the desert
3. Adobe Towns: Yazd – Desert Oasis in Iran

Djenné
14.03.2005, 19.00 on ARTE
22.05.2005, 17.15 on SUDWEST Fernsehen

Yazd
15.03.2005, 19.00 on ARTE
29.05.2005, 17.15 on SUDWEST Fernsehen

Shibam
16.03.2005, 19.00 on ARTE
12.06.2005, 17.15 on SUDWEST Fernsehen

Authors/Directors:
Djenné, Yazd: Thomas Wartmann
Shibam: Stefan Tolz

Production: Filmquadrat 2004

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The Tarim Conservation Project

The Tarim Conservation Project website documents the preservation of historic palaces of the Hadhramaut Valley in Tarim, Yemen. The principal investigators are art historian/archaeologist Dr. Selma Al-Radi, co-director of the ‘Amiriya Restoration Project in Rada’, Yemen, and architect/architectural conserator Pamela Jerome, an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and a senior associate with Wank Adams Slavin Associates, a New York architecture and engineering firm. The trainees will be students from the historic preservation program of the GSAPP, along with Museum of the Hadhramaut personnel, and architecture students from the University of Mukallah. The significance of the Tarimi palaces and the fact that most of them are undocumented led us to propose their listing on the World Monuments Fund 100 Most Endangered Sites list for 2000-01. We have just received word that the site has been selected for re-listing on the 100 Most Endangered Sites list for 2002-03. Be sure to check out the visual resources page.

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Living in Earthen Cities – kerpic’05 Cities Conference

The “Living in Earthen Cities – kerpic’05” congress is to be held at Istanbul Technical University , July 6-7 in Istanbul, Turkey. The focus of the congresses has evolved from quality of life in earthen architecture, environmental and health care, towards disaster prevention. The congress organizers hope that it will bring together the related disciplines of architects and engineers, on material, construction, marketing and environmental science, to create database, technology watch and strategy. The workshop will cover the entire construction activities of alker (gypsum stabilized earthen material), where all the participants can take part. Social and cultural program will offer interesting historical tour; distinguished dinner will welcome you on Bosphorus. Visit the Congress Website

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Adobe Alliance Workshop

The Adobe Alliance is pleased to announce the 7th annual workshop in Presidio, TX. Vault building and earth plastering will be featured during the workshop which takes place February 18-20, 2005. Demonstrations on applying a water-resistant exterior plaster of clay, straw, cactus juice and horse manure which breathes with the environment, which has withstood superbly in the unseasonally heavy rains of summer 2004 in the Big Bend.

Lodgings are easily booked at The Riata (432 229 2528) in Presidio, the Three Palms (432 229 3211,) or you can explore across the bridge a few minutes into Ojinaga, Mexico, a city of 25,000 people. The Paisano Hotel in Marfa is 60 miles to the north. There are many restaurants on both sides of the river.

For more information contact the Adobe Alliance.