Graffiti Response 101
Removing graffiti from sensitive historic fabric is a very difficult and often very frustrating task....
Thought Leadership
Multiple Property Documentation as a Tool for Racial Eq...
ARG worked with the City of Portland and African American Resources to nominate the Billy Webb Elks Lodge to the National Register...
How Digital Documentation Tools Support the New Remote ...
Associate, Julia Ausloos-Bedinger gives us more insight into ARG's technological documentation tools....
Contract Design: A Dose of Designer
ARG Principal Debbie Cooper shares on Contract's Multivitamin series what she does during her creative time....
Cooper-Molera Adobe Adaptive Use
The Cooper-Molera Adobe reflects multiple layers of history, beginning with Monterey’s years as capital of the Mexican territory of Alta California...
Documenting in 360°
ARG has been creating virtual 360° tours of buildings/sites for our projects, which have proven extremely beneficial during design review meetings with clients and consultants...
Alcatraz Quartermaster Warehouse
ARG has been lucky to work on several projects on the island, most recently at the Quartermaster Warehouse for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy....
Transforming Historic Military Barracks into the Lodge ...
As of July 2018, the previous military barracks is now an elegant boutique hotel that has been packed with guests since its opening....
Riding the Cycle of History: The Bike Hub at Los Angele...
ARG has recently designed one of Metro’s bike hubs at historic Union Station, built in 1939 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places......
Napa’s New Culinary Campus Heats Up
Opened in 2001, Copia celebrated the winemaking and culinary achievements of Napa Valley with art galleries, theaters, classrooms, a demonstration kitchen, and a vegetable and herb garden....
The Value of Interdisciplinary Training
Each fall the International Masonry Institute (IMI) brings designers and craftworkers together for a week-long interdisciplinary training session focused on masonry construction. ...
A Historic Hotel Helps the Homeless
An historic hotel is rehabilitated in downtown San Francisco so that At the Crossroads can continue its mission to provide critical support services to homeless youth....
A Few Tips for Satisfying San Francisco’s New Bui...
San Francisco’s building facade inspection and maintenance ordinance has gone into effect, and the clock is ticking for building owners...
The Mission 66 Mission: Evaluating and Rehabilitating Y...
In 1956 the National Park Service launched the Mission 66 program, drawing on the modernist tenets of the day...
The Adaptability of Historic Buildings: Transforming Ki...
Tucked behind lush gardens on the Stanford University campus stands a 100-year-old Eclectic Italian Renaissance building. ...
Understanding the “New” Historic Tax Credit
The federal tax bill that was passed in December 2017 retained the 20% HTC for certified rehabilitations of historic structures, but with several key changes. ...
What in the Sam Hill? Preserving a One-of-a-Kind Museum
One of our projects in the Pacific Northwest is a museum with a fascinating and unusual history. ...
Let’s Go to Jail and Get Some Scones: From Guard Hous...
If you were looking for a spot to put a bakery, probably a historic jail on a former military base wouldn’t be high on your list. ...
Preservation in Death Valley, Part II: Preserving Histo...
Preserving and rehabilitating modernist buildings in the desert has its own challenges....
Preservation in Death Valley, Part I: Preserving Histor...
Preserving the built environment in Death Valley requires ingenuity and patience. ...
3D Documentation in Death Valley
Laser scanning technology captured 3D documentation of historic Ryan, a mining camp in Death Valley....
From Mentee to Mentor—Coming Full Circle with the ACE...
Annette Marvin was led to the field of architecture through the ACE program when she was in high school. Now a mentor, she coaches students in San Francisco....
Diversifying Preservation
Architectural Historian and Preservation Planner Mickie Torres-Gil blogs about the movement to refocus the preservation community, widening the scope beyond just the buildings and her attendance at the Past Forward conference....
Lasers, the Crytoporticus, and Negative Ions: A Visit t...
2016 was an exciting year for travel for ARG Principal Kitty Vieth. One exciting adventure lead her to Rome, Florence, Pisa, Ferrara, San Benedetto Po, Cremona, and Milan in six days!...
Fired Up: An Architect and Ceramicist
ARG Principal Debbie Cooper blogs about her introduction into the world of ceramics ......
A Tale of Two Lighthouses
In 1867, a steamer left France carrying the parts needed to construct a lighthouse......
Reviving San Francisco’s Cinema History with a Contem...
New Mission Theater - Revival of a forgotten gem in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District...
Meet the Morgan Building, ARG Portland’s New Home!
Get to know the Morgan Building, ARG Portland's new home....
Postcard from Washington, D.C.
On Monday, November 30 and Tuesday, December 1st, I attended two events in Washington, D.C.....
Growing the Huntington: A Conversation with Laurie Sowd...
An insight into the new Education and Visitor Center at the Huntington in Pasadena, designed by Architectural Resources Group....
The Golden Pioneer: Preserving the Oregon State Capitol
In 1935, Oregon lost its State Capitol to fire—for the second time....
The Evolving Field of Historic Preservation, Part II
One of the nuances that preservationists—especially conservation specialists like myself—love is when history and art meet....
The Evolving Field of Historic Preservation, Part I
When I started working in preservation, the field was marginalized. ...
Lessons from the Napa Earthquake
The 6.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Napa in 2014 could have been a lot worse. ...
Historic and Future Hospitality
Our firm has worked on a number of historic hotel projects over the years, including landmark many hotels....
Postcard from the Prairie
Before I went to the recent Docomomo US symposium in Minneapolis, I had never been to the Midwest....
The View From California Tower
After 80 years, the best panoramic view in San Diego is finally accessible to the public again....
Greening Historic Buildings in France
Recently I had the opportunity to spend time in France investigating the intersection of preservation and sustainability....
Talking Preservation
Communications is a central but often underemphasized aspect of preservation planning....
More Than A Memorial
After World War I, many communities in the United States constructed veterans memorial buildings to honor those who fought for their country and to provide a gathering place for veterans organizations....
Exclusive and Distinctive: Kistler Vineyards
Kistler Vineyards is a small winery founded by Steve Kistler and his family in Sonoma County, California, in 1978....