Commonwealth Architects Names New Director of Historic Preservation
October 29, 2009
Commonnwealth Architects is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Bryan Clark Green as the new Director of Historic Preservation.
An Associate with the Richmond architecture firm, Bryan will be responsible for leading Commonwealth Architects' growth in historic preservation. Further discipline efforts will concentrate on the sensitive rehabilitation and preservation of historic structures, interiors and landscapes, often utilizing historic investment tax credit incentives.
"We are honored to promote Bryan to Director of Historic Preservation for Commonwealth Architects. Bryan is a consummate professional in the field of historic architecture. His in-depth knowledge and experience make an invaluable contribution to the historic architecture services provided by our firm," said principal Robert Mills.
Since joining Commonwealth Architects in 2005, Bryan has served as an Architectural Historian with the firm. His responsibilities include researching and documenting historic structures, writing historic structures reports, drafting conservation assessments and rehabilitation plans, conducting and managing field investigations and surveys, diagnosing failures in historic building materials and advising appropriate treatment thereof, undertaking feasibility studies, advising on rehabilitation tax credit projects, and preparing National Register of Historic Places nominations for significant historic properties. Through this work, he has helped shape Commonwealth Architects' hands-on approach to the treatment of valuable historic resources.
His projects have covered a wide range of historic resources from log cabins to light stations to multi-story, urban buildings. These include a historic structures report for the National Museum of Natural History, the first such report commissioned by any museum in the Smithsonian Institution system; a historic structures report for Scotchtown, once the home of Patrick Henry; a series of conservation assessments and rehabilitation studies for Fort Belvoir; and several projects for the Virginia Military Institute, including a rehabilitation study and the restoration of the Maury House, designed by architect A.J. Davis.
His extensive background in architectural history spans academic and practical experience in research, preservation, teaching and publishing. Mr. Green is the author of several books including In Jefferson's Shadow: The Architecture of Thomas R. Blackburn (Princeton Architectural Press, 2006), co-author of Lost Virginia: Vanished Architecture of the Old Dominion (Virginia 2006) and Building the Presidents House: Newly Discovered Architectural Plans for James Madison's Montpelier (2007). He has also published numerous articles or chapters in publications such as Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, Country Life, American Arts Quarterly, Period Homes, the Biographical Dictionary of African American Architects, and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography.
Bryan's work has earned numerous awards including the 2007 Palladio Award for Best Adaptive Re-Use of the Atlantic Motor Company in Richmond, Va., awarded by Traditional Building, Period Homes, and Old House Journal and an Award of Merit from the Virginia Downtown Development Association for Movieland at Boulevard Square. He regularly presents lectures and seminars on preservation issues and historic structures, and taught historic preservation as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Mary Washington.
With a Ph.D. degree in architectural history from the University of Virginia, Bryan also earned a master's degree in architectural history and a certificate in historic preservation from UVa. He holds an undergraduate degree in history and anthropology from the University of Notre Dame.
Commonwealth Architects is a full service Architecture, Historic Architecture, Interior Design, Planning, Landscape Architecture, 3D Visualization, and Urban Design firm. Located in Richmond's historic Shockoe Slip, the firm was established in 1999.
