Michael Tomlan

About Michael Tomlan

Tomlan is a director of the National Council for Preservation Education and president of Historic Urban Plans, Inc. He was chair of the Senior Board of Advisers to the Global Heritage Fund, reviewing nominations for and managing conservation projects in Asia, the Middle East, and Central and South America.

Selected Publications

Historic Preservation: Caring for Our Expanding Legacy (Springer, 2015)

Recent Courses Taught

CRP 5600 Documentation for Preservation
Methods of identifying, recording, collecting, processing, and analyzing information dealing with historic and architecturally significant structures, sites, and objects. Students are assigned common problems in documentation at various scales and propose solutions.
CRP 5610 Historic Preservation Planning Workshop: Surveys
Techniques for preparing surveys of historic structures and districts, identifying American architectural styles, focusing on local historical resources and state and federal historic preservation guidance, and lectures and training emphasize cross-cultural training.
CRP 5662 Planning and Preservation Practice: Preservation National Conference
Students participate in a 4-day national preservation conference., CRP 3348/5348 Design Connect: Community Assisted Design https://www.designconnectcornell.org/