CAW Principal Chris Wasney AIA went to Washington to represent the California Preservation Foundation (CPF) and Preservation Action (PA) as part of National Historic Preservation Advocacy Week. The California delegation included John Lesak of Page & Turnbull, Shaw Sprague of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Cindy Heitzman, the Executive Director of CPF, pictured here with Representative Mike Thompson of California’s 5th District that includes the Napa valley and Santa Rosa. The delegation met with staff and members of the House and Senate and advocated for increased funding of the Historic Preservation Fund and the extensions and improvements to federal historic tax credit program for rehabilitation of historic resources.
We are proud to announce that the Sapp Center for Science Teaching & Learning at Stanford University was awarded a Design Award by the California Preservation Foundation during a gala held at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. The rehabilitation of this building, formerly known as Old Chem, returns this prominent sandstone structure to student use after sitting abandoned for nearly three decades. The building now displays its historic character while fulfilling the needs of modern science curriculum.
Read the Stanford news article.
The California Preservation Foundation‘s Design Awards Gala is a little over a week away, where CAW will be receiving awards for the Anna Head Alumnae Hall Renovation at UC Berkeley and for the Environmental Volunteers’ EcoCenter in Palo Alto. The event will be held in The Julia Morgan Ballroom located in the historic Merchants’ Exchange Building in the heart of San Francisco’s Financial District. It promises to be a memorable event, celebrating a total of 16 winning projects that represent California’s diverse culture and history in the built environment.
We are pleased to announce that the Hearst Greek Theatre Renovation project has been honored with a Preservation Design Award by the California Preservation Foundation. The awards gala event will be held Friday, September 27, 2013, at The Julia Morgan Ballroom at the Merchants Exchange Building in San Francisco.
CAW’s Peterson Building project, home of the Hasso Plattner Design Institute at Stanford University, has been awarded a Preservation Design Award by the California Preservation Foundation in the Rehabilitation category. The award will be presented in October at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
CAW’s Lorry Lokey Stanford Daily Building is featured in this month’s arcCA Magazine, in its article announcing the AIA Santa Clara Valley’s recognition of Stanford University with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
It has also been awarded a Preservation Design Award by the California Preservation Foundation in the Contextual Infill category. The award will be presented in October at the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA.
