MTBA is excited to announce Founding and Senior Conservation Architect, Mark Thompson Brandt’s induction into The Association for Preservation Technology (APT) College of Fellows. This is the highest honor bestowed by APT upon members of the organization and recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the field of preservation technology and to APT. APT Fellows contribute significantly to the field of preservation technology, as well as to conferences, training and education activities, publications and peer review in the APT, and broader community.
Mark was one of four excellent candidates were selected for induction into the APT College of Fellows (COF) in 2020. From the APT Bulletin:
For four decades, Mark Thompson Brandt has dedicated his professional career to architecture, historic preservation, resilience in the built environment and advancing the profession, while encouraging the next generation of practitioners. Brandt served for seven years as Co-Chair of the Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation (TCSP) and for four years on the APT Board of Directors. He began his career in architecture in 1978, receiving his degrees from the University of Waterloo and Dalhousie University. He has worked with students as a professor and as a program committee chair at Algonquin College and Carleton University for nearly 20 years. While Brandt’s work is centered in Ottawa, his focus has been global, with work throughout North America and Europe. He has been at the forefront of merging best practices in preservation and sustainability. Brandt has received multiple awards for his work both in Ottawa and in Canada, including the CAHP Design Award of Excellence for adaptive reuse of the Hall of State of the House of Commons; the Urban Design Award of Excellence for the Sir John A. MacDonald Building; and the RPIC Federal Heritage Award for Excellence in Heritage Conservation.
His seven years as Co-Chair and leader of the TCSP allowed this committee to become one of the strongest at APT. Mark’s generous spirit brings people to the table and creates teams that willingly give their time and attention to APT. He inspires others, and there is no greater asset an organization can have than a dedicated volunteer leader like Mark Thompson Brandt.
Note: Brandt founded the ZNCC Zero Net Carbon Collaboration for Existing and Historic Buildings https://www.znccollaboration.org/ and serves as it’s Co-Chair. The ZNCC brings together the AIA, RAIC, APT, ICOMOS and Architecture 2030 to coordinate/monitor technology development and integration for bringing historic places to Zero Net Carbon (ZNC) and to accelerate the ZNC of existing and historic places. Mark was also the APT Conference Chair for the first APT – National Trust for Canada (NTC) Joint Conference, in Ottawa in 2017. There, among the massive list of tasks to run that conference (over 1,100 delegates) and it’s volunteers, Brandt curated and moderated the first Joint Plenary Session of APT & NTC: “The Race to Net Zero: Carbon in the Built Heritage Environment”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clLR_PZPg7s&t=8s He is also a member of the International Steering Committee for both the EcoDistricts institute https://ecodistricts.org/about/ and the Climate Heritage Network (CHN) for ICOMOS. http://climateheritage.org/ Mark is the also the Co-Coordinator of the CHN’s Working Group 3, “Making the Case for Building Reuse”, who will be reporting at COP 26 in Glasgow in 2021. http://climateheritage.org/wg3/
APT is the premier cross-disciplinary organization dedicated to promoting the best technology for conserving historic structures and their settings. Mark, and all of MTBA, are excited and honoured by this prestigious designation.
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