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Historic Wing, Stanford Cantor Center
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Design Guidelines front cover
aerial photograph of the Presidio former Presidio officer's quarters

Presidio of San Francisco Design Guidelines
National Park Service
San Francisco, California

ARG developed the Illustrated Guidelines for the Rehabilitation of Buildings at the Presidio of San Francisco to assist NPS and its potential tenants with common rehabilitation problems. The Guidelines also provide sensible solutions to help lessees and their design consultants preserve the character of the buildings. These Guidelines—with text, examples, photographs, and sketches specific to the Presidio—are based on an illustrated version of The Secretary of the Interior's Standards. NPS uses the guidelines as criteria for evaluating project design and impact on historic fabric. The Guidelines won a Community Planning and Design Honor Award from the California Council of the AIA and a CPF Historic Preservation Design Award.

For more information on the Presidio of San Francisco, visit www.nps.gov/prsf.

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