Preserving Place: The Santa Fe Symposium

Where does design meet history?

Join Gayla Bechtol, AIA, alongside leading voices in Santa Fe architecture for Preserving Place: The Santa Fe Symposium — a day-long gathering at the New Mexico History Museum exploring preservation, cultural legacy, and the future of design in our city.

Saturday, April 26
New Mexico History Museum
2:05–3:20 PM — Gayla joins the Architectural Design in Santa Fe panel with AIA Santa Fe
$30 | Advance registration required

This is more than a panel — it’s a conversation about how we shape Santa Fe’s next chapter with reverence and vision.

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During Heritage Preservation Month in May each year, many of the preservation organizations in Santa Fe play an active role in recognizing those who contribute to the field while others produce materials or events to celebrate our heritage, preservation and the tradition of earthen building in New Mexico. The City of Santa Fe, Historic Santa Fe Foundation, and Old Santa Fe Association host an awards ceremony at San Miguel Chapel to recognize architects, homeowners, and important professionals. The State Historic Preservation Office’s Cultural Properties Review Committee has hosted their awards ceremony for over 50 years. Cornerstones Community Partnerships makes adobe bricks in the downtown area to be used in their many projects in communities that need assistance with their historic preservation projects, always keeping their vision in mind and honoring their cultural heritage.

For 2025, Historic Santa Fe Foundation is honored to partner with the New Mexico Museum of History and numerous organizations to produce the Preservation Month Symposium — Preserving Place: The Santa Fe Symposium — a Preservation Month preview event that offers a day-long program for the community, our respective organizational membership, and the public relating to preservation, its relevance, and its challenges.

The partners in this event are: Historic Santa Fe Foundation, New Mexico History Museum, the State Historic Preservation Office, Old Santa Fe Association, City of Santa Fe Historic Preservation Division, Pueblo of Tesuque, Friends of Architecture, AIA Santa Fe, and Cornerstones Community Partnerships.

AIA Santa Fe is the local component of the American Institute of Architects, the national professional organization serving architects in the United States. Members must be registered architects; associate members must be working toward registration. This 15-minute presentation will be followed by discussion between panelists and the audience.

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