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Ione R. Stiegler

Moroccan Travels- 
Ione just returned from a trip to Morocco where she both attended the General Assembly 2019 meeting of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS a subset of UNESCO) and presented at the ICOMOS Advisory Committee Scientific Symposium. She collaborated with Vonn Marie May, a landscape historian, and cultural landscape specialist, to present a poster entitled “Culture and Environment: A Case Study of the Washington Irrigated Colony Rural Historic Landscape”

Ione shares the following, “We had the good fortune to visit many areas of Morocco, the Atlantic coast, High Atlas Mountains, Kasbahs, date and palm oases, the Sahara desert and four main towns of Marrakech, Fez, Rabat, and Casablanca. The country holds a remarkable wealth of amazing architecture. The examples of earthen architecture seemed to each be vying with the next to outdo each other. Before I went a friend described for me the architecture as being “like a geode rock…rough and craggy on the outside and a colorful jewel on the inside.” It was truly an apt description. Around every corner was a new cultural or aesthetic experience. …and yes….we had our cliche camel ride in the Sahara desert.”

Scroll down and enjoy some of her travel shots from Moroccan & learn about her upcoming December Saudia Arabia Trip!

 

 

 

 

Saudia Arabia Trip- 
Off to her next exotic destination in December 2019, Ione will travel to Saudi Arabia on behalf of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). She has been requested through the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to carry out an urgent joint UNESCO World Heritage Centre-ICOMOS advisory mission.

ISA welcomes Kelsey to the team!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet Kelsey, our new Historic Preservation Specialist!!

Kelsey holds a Masters of Heritage Conservation and Masters of Urban Planning from the University of Southern California. She has studied and has interest in intangible heritage, cultural landscapes, and utilizing historic preservation as a tool for urban resilience.

Kelsey’s experience includes local and state designations of individual buildings, cultural landscape research and documentation, along with survey work. In California, she has co-authored City of Los Angeles Historic District and Resource nominations, along with State Nominations. She is a published architectural and landscape photographer. Kelsey also has experience working with Regional Planning Agencies and city sustainability measures.

Kelsey’s qualifications meet the requirements established by the National Park Service, as published in the Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR Part 61 (Secretary of the Interior Standards).

You can find out more about Kelsey and our other team members on our Studio page.