As the firm’s “green team,” we look forward to continuing our mission to help meet the AIA’s 2030 Commitment, help ARG’s work reach net zero carbon, and make our practice as sustainable as possible...
The Alvord Lake Bridge is considered the first reinforced concrete bridge in the U.S. and is located within Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California....
April 6, 2022 | Mayank Patel & David Wessel, AIC, FAPT
The Window Rehabilitation manual provides a high level overview of historic window types and their construction, and basic assessment and rehabilitation principles....
ARG has a new domain name! ARG’s Marketing Team asked the firm’s Principals about this exciting update and what ARGcreate says about our past, present, and future....
September 30, 2021 | Architectural Resources Group
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...
ARG has been lucky to work on several projects on Alcatraz island, including the Quartermaster Warehouse for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy....
Building 105, the northernmost of the five barracks, is the fourth to be adapted for a new use and recently opened as the Lodge at the Presidio, the second hotel on the grounds of the former-military-post-turned-national-park....
January 21, 2019 | Deborah J. Cooper, FAIA, LEED AP
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......
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....
Each fall the International Masonry Institute (IMI) brings designers and craftworkers together for a week-long interdisciplinary training session focused on masonry construction. ...
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....
April 2, 2018 | David Wessel, AIC, FAPT & Lisa Yergovich, AIA, LEED AP
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. ...
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....
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....
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!...
The care and dedication that the keepers of the Pigeon Point and the Point Reyes lighthouses put into maintaining their buildings is a model for us as we look to refurbish these historic treasures and keep them open for future generations to visit....
This blog posts talks about ARG Principal Maya Foty's visit to Washington, D.C., where she attended the Michele le Menestrel Ullrich Legion d’Honneur event....
Over the last few decades, preservation has gone mainstream. The definition of preservation continues to become more and more nuanced and at times even philosophical....
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....
Kistler decided to turn a 93-year-old farmhouse in Forestville into a place where visitors can sample a few of its vintages and asked us to transform the building....
