Architectural Resources Group (or ARG; also known as Architects, Planners & Conservators, Inc.) is a firm that was founded in 1980 by Bruce Judd and Steve Farneth in San Francisco, CA. It began by providing professional services in the fields of architecture and urban planning with particular expertise in the area of historic preservation. In 2000, David Wessel, a Principal of ARG, founded a separate conservation-

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division, ARG Conservation Services which operates under the same roof as ARG. By 2005, the firm had expanded to a full-service architecture firm with 50+ employees. ARG also opened offices in Pasadena serving Southern California, and Portland, Oregon, serving the Pacific Northwest.

Company

Because of the complex range of issues common to preservation projects, the firm associates with consultants in diverse fields such as architectural history, preservation technology, building pathology, urban planning, building materials, engineering, real estate, and economics. Cavallo Point

ARG was among the first architecture firms in the United States to include architectural conservators as staff members. ARG has provided a range of services for various National Historic Landmarks, buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, local historic districts, and other culturally significant sites. Rancho Los Alamitos

Awards

The firm and its projects have received more than 100 awards in design excellence, conservation, and planning, including those sponsored by the

National Trust for Historic Preservation The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States. The member-supported organization was founded in 1949 by ...

, the American Institute of Architects, the California Governor's Office, and the California Preservation Foundation. In 2006, ARG received the Firm of the Year Award from the AIA California Council. In 2016, ARG was honored with a Palladio Award for its Steven S. Koblik Education and Visitor Center at the Huntington Library.

Affiliations

ARG retains close alliances and involvement with national and international preservation policy and advocacy organizations such as the Office of the United States Secretary of the Interior,

, ICOMOS, DoCoMoMo, the Association for Preservation Technology International, and the

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works The American Institute for Conservation (AIC) is a national membership organization of conservation professionals, headquartered in Washington D.C. History The AIC first launched in 1972 with only a handful of members. Now it is grown to over 3, ...

Notable projects

Architecture and cultural resource preservation

* Buena Vista Winery, Restoration and Seismic Strengthening, Sonoma, California * California Institute of Technology, Linde + Robinson Laboratory for Global Environmental Sciences, Pasadena, California * Cavallo Point, the Lodge at the Golden Gate, Fort Baker, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California * Conservatory of Flowers, Restoration & Repair,

Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, United States, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. It is administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the development ...

, San Francisco, California * Curry Village Lounge and Registration Buildings, Yosemite National Park, California *

Filoli Estate Filoli, also known as the Bourn-Roth Estate, is a country house set in of formal gardens surrounded by a estate (house), estate, located in Woodside, California, about south of San Francisco, at the southern end of Crystal Springs Reservoir, ...

, New Visitor Center and Café Addition,

Woodside Woodside may refer to: Places and buildings Australia *Woodside, South Australia, a town *Woodside, Victoria, a town Canada *Woodside National Historic Site, the boyhood home of William Lyon Mackenzie King *Woodside, Nova Scotia, a neighborho ...

, California * Furnace Creek Visitor Center,

Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park is an American national park that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern section of Eureka ...

, California * Huntington Library, Art Collection, and Botanical Gardens, Education and Visitor Center, San Marino, California * Inn at the Presidio,

Presidio of San Francisco The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part o ...

, San Francisco, California * Napa Valley Opera House, Rehabilitation & New Addition, Napa, California * Napa Valley Vintners, Jackse Barn, Adaptive reuse, Napa, California * Oregon State Hospital, Adaptive Reuse and Restoration,

Salem Salem may refer to: Places Canada Ontario * Bruce County ** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie ** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce * Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ...

, Oregon * Pasadena City Hall, Seismic Retrofit, Rehabilitation and Repairs, Pasadena, California * Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Pasadena, California *

Sunset Center The Sunset Center is located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It is a performing arts center which features concerts, comedy, theatre, and dance. Formerly the Sunset School, the site was purchased by the city of Carmel in 1965 with the plan to dev ...

, Rehabilitation and New Addition, Carmel-By-The-Sea, California

Conservation

450 Sutter Street 450 Sutter Street, also called the Four Fifty Sutter Building, is a twenty-six-floor, 105-meter (344-foot) skyscraper in San Francisco, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast ...

, Window Stabilization, Rehabilitation & Replacement, San Francisco, California * The

5th Avenue Theatre The 5th Avenue Theatre is a landmark theatre located in Seattle's Skinner Building, in the U.S. state of Washington. It has hosted a variety of theatre productions and motion pictures since it opened in 1926. The building and land are owned b ...

, Restoration, Seattle, Washington * Angel Island Immigration Station, San Francisco Bay, California *

Charles Krug Winery The Charles Krug Winery is a winery founded by Charles Krug in 1861. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1974. History Historically, Charles Krug introduced innovative ideas in California winemaking. He began ...

, Rehabilitation and Structural Strengthening, Napa Valley, California * Coit Memorial Tower, Mural Restoration and Waterproofing, San Francisco, California * David Ireland Residence, Conservation, San Francisco, California *

Mark Hopkins Hotel The InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco is a luxury hotel located at the top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel is managed by the InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 5,000 hotels and resorts in appr ...

, Design Services, San Francisco, California * New Mission Theater, Restoration, San Francisco, California *

Old Saint Mary's Cathedral The Old Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is a proto-cathedral and parish of the Roman Catholic Church located at 660 California Street at the corner of Grant Avenue in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ...

, Restoration and Seismic Strengthening, San Francisco, California * San Francisco Maritime Museum, Restoration, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, California * Washington State Capitol Campus, Conservation,

Olympia The name Olympia may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Olympia'' (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games * ''Olympia'' (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlet ...

, Washington * Watts Towers State Historic Park, Los Angeles, California

Historic structures reports

* The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park, California * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley, California * Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Hanna House,

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, California *

Los Angeles Union Station Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande St ...

, Los Angeles, California * McConaghy House, Hayward, California * Old United States Mint Building, San Francisco, California * Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California * Reno Depot, Reno, Nevada * State Forester's Office Building,

, Oregon * The Village Green,

Baldwin Hills Baldwin Hills may refer to: Places * Baldwin Hills (mountain range), Los Angeles County, California, U.S. * Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California, U.S. * Baldwin Village, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in South Lo ...

, California * Washington State Capitol,

, Washington

Design review and historic resource surveys

* Century Plaza Hotel, Historic Resource Assessment and Impacts Analysis, Los Angeles, California * City of Anaheim, Historic Resource Survey,

Anaheim Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-most p ...

, California * City of Burbank, Historic Sign Survey,

Burbank Burbank may refer to: Places Australia * Burbank, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane United States * Burbank, California, a city in Los Angeles County * Burbank, Santa Clara County, California, a census-designated place * Burbank, Illinois, ...

, California * Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Crater Rim Drive Historic Road Inventory, Hawaii, Hawaii * Monterey Old Town National Historic Landmark District, Historic Context Statement and Survey, Monterey, California * Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Context Statement and Inventory, Oregon * Palo Alto Children's Library, Section 106 Compliance, Palo Alto, California * Pier 27 Cruise Ship Terminal, San Francisco, California * Presidio Design Guidelines,

, California * Survey LA, Citywide Historic Resources Survey, Los Angeles, California * Tomales Design Guidelines,

Tomales Tomales is a census-designated place (CDP) on State Route 1 in Marin County, California, United States. The population was 187 at the 2020 census. Geography Tomales is located above Keys Creek, about northeast of Tomales Bay. The nearest city ...

, California

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External links

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