PAGE & TURNBULL imagines change in historic and contemporary environments to cultivate thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities. Our mission is to understand the past and apply the lessons learned to revitalize historic buildings and places to benefit current and future users. For more than 50 years, P&T has led architecture, preservation, and planning projects for civic, cultural, educational, and commercial clients. Our work has impacted some of California’s most significant buildings and, more importantly, our projects have made a difference in people’s lives. For the staff of architects, architectural historians, cultural resource planners, and materials specialists who work at Page & Turnbull, preservation and adaptive reuse are about valuing a community’s stories and envisioning a better future.
Our approach to design and preservation is unique and offers a holistic understanding and approach, drawing knowledge and resources from our three studios:
PRESERVATION ARCHITECTURE Our preservation architecture team is comprised of architects, designers, and materials specialists who are experts at investigating and analyzing materials, securing entitlements, and designing for the adaptive reuse of historic buildings and places. By blending good design, new technology, and sustainable practices, we craft long-life, low-impact solutions to extend the service-life of historic buildings and their character-defining components and materials.
ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN As prime architect, architect of record, and design architect, we collaborate with clients and specialty consultants to design buildings, places, and spaces that are simultaneously contemporary and contextual.
CULTURAL RESOURCE PLANNING Architectural historians and cultural resources planners evaluate historic resources—individual buildings, landscapes, and entire communities—to assess their historic integrity. The studio authors a wide range of award-winning reports, develops and implements mitigation measures, and completes National Register and California Register documentation.
ESTABLISHED / INCORPORATED
1973 / 1975
FIRM SIZE
50 full-time employees
OFFICES
Los Angeles
Sacramento
San Francisco
San Jose
ORGANIZATION
Corporation
PRIMARY EXPERTISE
Architectural Design
Historic Preservation
Historic Architecture
Cultural Resources Planning & Research
Preservation Technology
Materials Conservation
Urban Planning
M/W/SBE CERTIFICATIONS
State of California Small Business Enterprise (SBE) CA DGS Cert. No 10737
State of California Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) CUPC Cert. No. 20000919
SAN FRANCISCO 415-362-5154 LOS ANGELES 213-221-1200
SACRAMENTO 916-662-8532
We imagine change in historic and contemporary environments to cultivate thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities.
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Front cover: [1] UCB Sather Tower, [2] Hope Church, [3] Old Orange County Courthouse, [4] 417 Metro, [5] Annenberg Community Beach House Pool, [6] Hearst Castle Casa Grande.
Back cover: [7] Mondadnock Building, [8] Everett Middle School, [9] Desert View Watchtower, [10] Santa Barbara African American and Black Historic Context Statement, [11] UCB International House, [12] Senator Building.
Old Orange County Courthouse
Representative Projects
Recent Projects
OLD ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Orange, CA
Rehabilitation;facaderestoration
Page & Turnbull led the multi-phase restoration of the National Register-listed Old Orange County Courthouse—a Richardsonian Romanesque style building built in 1901. The courthouse’s exterior is comprised of red sandstone resting on a rusticated granite basement and a hipped and gabled metal roof (made to resemble tile). The 2 ½ story building occupies a full city block facing south onto landscaped grounds. The project received a California Governor’s Award for Preservation.
San Juan Bautista State Park, CA
Restoration;materialsanalysis
As part of our on-call contract with California State Parks, Page & Turnbull provided construction administration services on the Plaza Hotel, a National Historic Landmark. The restoration included extensive repairs of the exterior plaster, roof, wooden balconies, windows and doors, and reconstruction of the exterior wood staircase. The scope also included connecting these elements to the adobe walls of the original structure.
FOUR SEASONS RESIDENCES
San Francisco, CA
Rehabilitation
Page & Turnbull served as preservation architect for the rehabilitation of 706 Mission Street. Our scope included repairs to the masonry facades and ornamental terra cotta and a rigorous entitlement process allowing for the removal of non-historic additions, and the inclusion of new openings, a new roof top garden, and construction of a new tower. P&T prepared the Historic Structures Report that guided the rehabilitation design.
900 Innes Park, San Francisco, CA
Rehabilitation;interpretiveplan
The rehabilitation of the Shipwright’s Cottage at 900 Innes Avenue is part of a larger San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department project to redevelop and improve public accessibility along the Indian Basin shoreline. Our work included a Historic Resource Evaluation to assess the historic resource status of properties within the 38-acre site, as required under the California Environmental Quality Act, and a Feasibility Study focusing on the cottage. The rehabilitation plan includes a robust interpretive program on the site’s history.
HOOVER PAVILION
Stanford University
Adaptivereuse;exteriorrestoration
Page & Turnbull was preservation architect for the adaptive reuse of the Hoover Pavilion into medical offices. Rehabilitation work included documenting and specifying the exterior envelope, including terra cotta tile wall panels, cast stone, board-formed concrete, wood windows, a copper clad entry canopy, historic light fixtures, paint analysis, and the replacement tile at the pyramidal roof. P&T also discovered that the concrete aggregate used in the 1939 addition was contaminated, and we developed a cost-effective repair of the concrete.
Page & Turnbull authored the Graffiti Removal Quick Start Guide as part of the Anti-Vandalism Strategy Plan for federal buildings. Guided by the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the TreatmentofHistoricProperties, our materials specialists guided the team’s Anti-Graffiti Coating Studies and Regional Graffiti Response Framework. The Guide, developed as an IDIQ task, assists the GSA in responding to damage incurred to its buildings.
PLAZA HOTEL
SHIPWRIGHT’S COTTAGE
Representative Projects
Recent Projects
MARIN CIVIC CENTER
Marin County, CA
Restoration;ConditionsAssessment
Page & Turnbull was historic preservation consultant for the restoration of the 172-foot spire at the Marin County Civic Center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the spire served as an exhaust vent to boilers. By-products from burning diesel fuel deteriorated portions of both the anodizing finish and underlying aluminum panel. We revised the Preservation Plan to align with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards;and designated aluminum sheet metal panels for replacement, decorative aluminum plate panels for reanodizing, and decorative panels to be cleaned.
Beverly Hills, CA
Rehabilitation;repair
Page & Turnbull was the preservation architect for the rehabilitation and renovation of this National Register-listed, Frank Lloyd Wrightdesigned, three-story, 8,000 SF retail building on Rodeo Drive.
The project revealed and repaired long hidden original features, such as diamondscored concrete ceilings and floors and two original fireplaces. The missing mast on the building’s spire was reinstalled, lit from within (as it was originally), and adapted to display the brand’s banner.
SATHER TOWER
University of California, Berkeley
Seismic stabilization
Page & Turnbull was conservation consultant for the seismic stabilization of Sather Tower, a National Historic Landmark. The scope of work included seismic stabilization of the white marble clad tower spire and 9-foot tall bronze lantern. Page & Turnbull, collaborated closely with the structural engineer and waterproofing specialists to complete the project on schedule.
FAITH & HOPE CHURCH
Los Angeles, CA
Steeplerepair
Page & Turnbull is architect for the rehabilitation and structural retrofit of the 61-foot tall steeple at Faith & Hope Community Church, built in the mid-1920s. This project includes the removal and reconstruction of the cupola, structural stabilization of the steeple base, and relocation of the cellular antennas. We have made plaster molds of the extant decorative cement elements so they can be recreated. Historic material, including urns and metal railing, is to be removed and stored for reinstallation. Our scope also includes the renovation of the entrance and restrooms to meet ADA standards.
San Francisco, CA
Facadetiledocumentationandrepair
Page & Turnbull materials conservation specialists performed a survey and repair of the decorative ceramic tile in the portico entrance to Everett Middle School. To address the delaminating tile, Page & Turnbull researched and recommended options for stabilizing and restoring the tile, performed a hands-on sounding survey of the affected area to document the delamination and damage, and recorded the existing tile designs, identifying the colors of the historic glazes using the Munsell color system.
Page & Turnbull led the development of design guidelines and preservation guidance for tenant improvements and site alterations. The most visible component was reconstruction of the iconic GHIRARDELLI sign, requiring a detailed, hands-on conditions assessment, application of San Francisco’s little-used Vintage Sign Ordinance, and approval by the Planning Department and Historic Preservation Commission. We are currently overseeing the building’s re-roofing.
GIVENCHY LOS ANGELES FLAGSHIP STORE
EVERETT MIDDLE SCHOOL
Representative Projects
Recent Projects
GRACE
Asilomar State Park and Conference Grounds, CA
HistoricStructureReport
Page & Turnbull updated an Historic Structures Report (HSR) for the Grace Dodge Chapel, originally produced in 1998. The updated HSR determined that a rehabilitation treatment plan was the most appropriate for the Chapel, balancing its significance to the National Historic Landmark District with its utility for continued use by guests of the conference grounds. Page & Turnbull assisted with limited rehabilitation on select features related to on-going water infiltration and damage to exposed wood finishes.
Glendora, CA
ConditionsAssessment;MaintenancePlan
Page & Turnbull completed a conditions assessment and preservation plan for the Rubel Castle Historic District, a ‘folk architecture’ site that, in addition to the Castle, includes several out buildings and former fruit barns. The award-winning preservation plan documents, assesses, and guides the treatment of the unconventional buildings and surrounding elements; provides recommendations aligned with the SOI’s Standards; and offers valuable insights regarding management of the site and the phasing of future work.
Irwindale, CA
ConditionsAssessment;rehabitation recommendations
Page & Turnbull conducted a conditions assessment, and provided repair and rehabilitation recommendations and a cost estimate for the historic Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. Local lore states the iconic 100-year-old chapel—known as the “Rock Church”—was built out of thousands of rocks pulled from the San Gabriel River. The assessment focused on the exterior, structural systems, and site drainage; and the report includes an overview of current conditions, recommended improvements, and estimated preservation and repair costs.
Grand Canyon National Park
HistoricStructureReport;survey;rehabilitation
Page & Turnbull was architect for exterior repairs, accessibility, compliance and life safety improvements to the Desert View Watchtower. Our work included a complete exterior survey and laser scan to identify cracks, shifts in stone placement and points of water intrusion.
In 2007, Page & Turnbull completed a Historic Structure Report (HSR) for the National Historic Landmark. Our HSR provided a roadmap of the building’s condition, significant historic fabric, and future use.
Monterey, CA
Rehabilitation
Page & Turnbull was the historic preservation architect and peer reviewer for the rehabilitation of the Royal Presidio Chapel (1792), a National Historic Landmark. Our focus was on materials investigation, in-depth architectural evaluation and testing of the existing structure, and adherence to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. It is the only remaining chapel associated with a Spanish Military outpost in California, and the sole existing structure of the original Monterey Presidio. The Royal Presidio Chapel is the oldest existing stone and adobe building in California.
University of California, Los Angeles
Seismic retrofit
Page & Turnbull is preservation architect for the seismic retrofit of Powell Library, one of the four original buildings on the Westwood campus. Collaborating with the client, library staff, and consultants, we developed a 3-tier scaffolding system that included a protection level (bottom), a storage level (middle), and work level (top). This allowed for partial disassembly of the historic ceiling, on-site storage of pieces, steel retrofit installation, and ceiling reinstallation while the rest of the library remained occupied. The seismic retrofit requires connecting the top of the east and west wings of the iconic reading room with large, continuous steel plates.
DODGE CHAPEL
RUBEL CASTLE
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHAPEL
ROYAL PRESIDIO CHAPEL
DESERT VIEW WATCHTOWER
POWELL LIBRARY
Key Staff
All the professional members of our 50-person staff of architects, preservation specialists, architectural historians, and planners meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards for their discipline.
John is Principal and Founder of Page & Turnbull’s Southern California office. With an interdisciplinary education in architecture, engineering, and materials science, he specializes in the preservation, rehabilitation, repair, and reuse of historic structures. John, an Adjunct Professor at the USC School of Architecture, is an advocate of and soughtafter speaker on developing a holistic approach to preservation, sustainability, resiliency, and equity.
BACKGROUND
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, MArch, Structures Option / BS Architecture CA Architect: C26607
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
à OBO Chancery Building. Canberra, Australia
à OBO Chief of Mission Residence Historic Structures Report. Canberra, Australia
à OBO CMR Renovation. Ottawa, Canada
à OBO Consul General’s Residence Cultural Landscape Report. Cape Town, South Africa
à UCLA Pritzker Hall HRE. Los Angeles
à UCLA Powell Library. Los Angeles
à UCLA Botany Building HRE. Los Angeles
à UCLA Nimoy Theater. Los Angeles
à Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture. Riverside
à Marin County Civic Center Spire. San Rafael
à GSA Region 9, Zone 3 IDIQ. Los Angeles
Carolyn is an architect committed to the transformation, reuse, and renewal of historic structures. She strives to balance innovative new design with complex regulatory requirements for historic buildings. She has been both prime architect and preservation consultant on major adaptive reuse projects, and is well-versed in reviewing projects for compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. She has successfully completed the Federal tax certification process for several major projects and is currently focused on the challenge of inserting contemporary programs into existing buildings.
BACKGROUND
Columbia University, MS, Historic Preservation
Arizona State University, BS, Design
CA Architect: C28638
AZ Architect: 42387
SELECTED
EXPERIENCE
à Walt Disney Family Museum. San Francisco
à Ferry Building. San Francisco
à Exploratorium at Pier 15. San Francisco
à US Mint, Seismic Upgrade. San Francisco
à Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Building. San Francisco
à Castro Theatre. San Francisco
à The Tioga. Merced
à A.C.T. Strand Theater. San Francisco
à Mainzer Theater Tax Certification Application. Merced
à Asian Art Museum. San Francisco
à UC Berkeley Greek Theatre Project Analysis. Berkeley
Sarah is an architect, architectural historian, and materials conservation specialist with domestic and international experience in historic preservation. Her work comprises a wide variety of scales, materials, and building types, with particular experience in traditional masonry and carpentry techniques. She has had the privilege of contributing to the restoration and rehabilitation of buildings as varied as humble redwood barns and National Historic Landmarks. Throughout her career she has engaged with the challenges of security, accessibility, and sustainability in historic buildings operating in the 21st Century, and seeks designs that balance those considerations with the unique character of historic resources.
BACKGROUND
University of Virginia, MArch / Historic Preservation Certificate / Bachelor of Architectural History
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
à Shipwright’s Cottage. San Francisco
à Grace Chapel, Asilomar Conference Grounds. Pacific Grove
à Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, San Jose SOIS. San Jose
à California State Capitol. Sacramento
à Region 9 GSA Anti-Vandalism Graffiti Studies.
à Everett Middle School. San Francisco
à Oakland African American Museum and Library. Oakland
à GSA Browning Building. San Francisco
à Grant Ranch. Mt. Hamilton
à U.S. Post Office Burlingame. Burlingame
à Headlands Center for the Arts. Sausalito
JOHN LESAK, AIA, FAPT, LEED AP Principal
CAROLYN KIERNAT, AIA Principal
SARAH BRUMMETT, AIA, LEED AP Director of Preservation Architecture Studio
