Judy L. Hayward spends her days pursuing a passion for historic architecture and the ways in which it can be reused to sustain and grow healthy communities. She develops courses in partnership with builders, architects, traditional craftspeople and others to teach both historic preservation and traditional building skills. She has one foot in the nonprofit world as executive director of Historic Windsor and the Preservation Education Institute and the other foot in the world of media and information services as education director for the Traditional Building Conference Series and Online Education Program.
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William Flynt brings science to New England’s historic buildings.
Time Traveler Judy Hayward explains that studying history is really fun.
When it comes to the practice of traditional building, curiosity is an essential trait for all practitioners. It is a trait that has served Ted Ingraham well in his nearly life-long pursuit of mastering hand-crafted woodworking.
Praise for the Plumber - The Importance of the Trades
Saving the Historic Preservation Tax Credit
Understanding Traditional Materials and the Importance of US Participation in UNESCO
Read about the book Learn to Timber Frame, by Will Beemer, reviewed by Judy Hayward.
The Traditional Building Conference program focuses on the methods and materials of historic preservation.
Judy Hayward looks at two historic churches at Yale in the New Haven Green, Center Church and Trinity Church, and the men who designed them.
A new book, Covered Bridges and The Birth of American Engineering, published by HAER (Historic American Engineering Record) documents the National Covered Bridges Recording Project.
