Modernism in the American Desert · Adrian Scott Fine · Los Angeles

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Part of the Modernism in the American Desert symposium, this talk explores how architects and designers shaped a distinctive vision of modern life in the arid landscapes of the American West. Through climate, light, and material, the desert became both inspiration and laboratory for innovation—revealing how modernism took root and flourished across the region.

Adrian Scott Fine

As President and CEO for the Los Angeles Conservancy, Adrian Scott Fine oversees the organization’s overall leadership for the organization within the greater Los Angeles region (serving 88 cities and unincorporated L.A. County, encompassing more than 4,000 sq. miles). This includes managing teams that help set priorities and provide strategic direction to educate and build awareness, protect historic places, and develop new proactive initiatives and programs, all while working collaboratively with local governments, nonprofit organizations, and community stakeholders. The Conservancy is the largest local, nonprofit membership-based, heritage conservation organization in the U.S. Previously he was the Senior Director of Advocacy for the Conservancy, overseeing advocacy, revitalization efforts, and responses on key preservation and heritage conservation issues. Prior to the Conservancy he was with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, based in Washington, D.C., as the Director of the Center for State and Local Policy, and as the Director of the Northeast Field Office in Philadelphia. He provided leadership on key national priorities and public policy campaigns, and oversaw programs, initiatives, and advocacy efforts throughout Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mr. Fine was also previously with Indiana Landmarks, the largest statewide heritage conservation nonprofit organization in the U.S. Mr. Fine is a past President of the Board of Trustees for the California Preservation Foundation; a founding board member of the Southern California chapter of Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement (DoCoMoMo SoCal); teaches at the University of Southern California’s Heritage Conservation Summer Program; serves as a trainer for the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions’ CAMP program; and is a frequent speaker for the Getty Conservation Institute’s (GCI) Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative.

This talk is free – reservations required.