{"id":16643,"date":"2022-12-19T09:18:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/?p=16643"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:02:25","slug":"tilt-up-icon-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/2022\/12\/19\/tilt-up-icon-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilt-Up Icon Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_9591-2-r-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14271\" width=\"178\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_9591-2-r-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_9591-2-r-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am an active advocate of historic preservation. I believe that the community as a whole has a right to the architectural heritage of its place, and it is our responsibility as architects, engineers, and contractors to preserve its authenticity and add to it in a way that thoughtfully comments on its presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past year, I have been giving a talk titled \u201cA New Generation of Tilt Wall Icons\u201d to various audiences across the country. The talk makes the case that despite the tilt-up\u2019s stellar reputation as the world\u2019s most efficient building system for big-box buildings, the construction system has roots in serious architecture. Through exploration of tilt-up\u2019s early-phase adoption, disruptions brought on by World War II, and significant works of architecture completed in the early to late 1990s, attendees come to understand how tilt-up methodology has regained the attention of some of the architectural community\u2019s most creative minds, and how the history of the method has informed and shaped its present state. It\u2019s not enough to talk about these buildings, though. I want our industry to have the opportunity to experience them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the heart of tilt-up\u2019s origin story sits the iconic La Jolla Women\u2019s Club in La Jolla, California. Constructed in 1913, the project is one of the most celebrated works by famed American Architect Irving Gill, a pioneer of the modern architectural movement. The building, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, will serve as the centerpiece for the Tilt-Up Concrete Association\u2019s first iteration of its new Tilt-Up Icon Tour series (March 1-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Limited tickets will be available soon for an exclusive and educational behind-the-scenes tour of several iconic tilt-up structures in San Diego, including a trio of award-winning buildings at the University of California San Diego. Each tour will be led by members of the project team as well as owner\u2019s representatives. A memorable dinner event at the historic La Jolla Women\u2019s club will anchor the tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information is available at www.tilt-up.org\/events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBecause of the old<\/p><p>I will defend the new until I die<\/p><p>and the old I will defend<\/p><p>throughout my life because of the new.<\/p><p>The old that was new<\/p><p>and is as new as the newest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Augusto de Campos (In: Verso, reverse, contraverso)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Mitch-Bloomquist-Signature-SML-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8940\"\/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">I am an active advocate of historic preservation. I believe that the community as a whole has a right to the architectural heritage of its place, and it is our responsibility as architects, engineers, and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/2022\/12\/19\/tilt-up-icon-tour\/\" title=\"Tilt-Up Icon Tour\"> Leer m\u00e1s\u2026<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16643"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19088,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16643\/revisions\/19088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}