Benjamin Bross and Tait Johnson to Speak at the Society of Architectural Historians 75th Annual Conference
Dr. Bross’ paper is titled “Museo de Medicina Labora: A Curated Conflux of Modern Identities.” Dr. Bross’ research is focused on a Mexican mining hospital whose transformation into a museum highlights the contradictions between the Modernist ethos and its actual effects. Dr. Johnson’s paper, “Pittsburgh at the Center of Alcoa’s Urban Renewal Profit Model,” explains the influence of corporate enterprises like Alcoa on the spread of the Urban Renewal movement in the twentieth century.