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Johnny Cash Tribute & BBQ at Preston Castle

Ambrose Wong visited the Preston Castle for a Johnny Cash Tribute & BBQ event. Garavaglia Architecture has provided consulting services to the Foundation. The Castle is located in Ione, CA.

Preston Castle in Ione, CA. Photo by Sarah Hahn.

Our project manager, Ambrose Wong, headed to a fun concert at Preston Castle this past weekend. The event was hosted by the Preston Castle Foundation and featured a Johnny Cash tribute band with James Garner. Ambrose says, the evening started off with a tri-tip barbecue and just “became better with the start of the music.” The event was a musical journey of Johnny Cash’s hits performed in the same style that they were originally performed. As the day came to a close, the bats came out and the resident white owl made its evening flight from the tower up lit by the building’s lights.

Preston Castle is a brick and stone Richardsonian Romanesque building constructed on land that was purchased from the Ione Coal & Iron Company to house the Preston School of Industry, established by the State Legislature to rehabilitate juvenile offenders. It served as the administrative building and is one of over a dozen associated buildings on the site.

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Becky Urbano Joins CPF Education Committee

Becky Urbano, Garavaglia Architecture, Inc.’s Preservation Services Manager, joined the Education Committee of the California Preservation Foundation.

Garavaglia Architecture’s Becky Urbano officially joined the California Preservation Foundation (CPF)’s Education Committee last week. California Preservation Foundation is “a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of California’s diverse cultural and architectural heritage.” The Education Committee supports the educational mission of CPF and is responsible for proposing, developing content, and recruiting speakers for the annual work program of CPF workshops, Study Tours, and the Annual Conference study sessions and mobile workshops. Becky looks forward to supporting CPF’s mission and continuing her efforts with non-profit organizations. She has served as a board member with Sacred Sites International. See her bio (click on Becky Urbano) for more information on her professional endeavors.

LEEDing in Historic Preservation

Michael Garavaglia becomes a LEED Accredited Professional. LEED certification is changing.

Garavaglia Architecture’s Principal, Michael Garavaglia, has become our newest LEED® Accredited Professional member. Chris Lutjen and Ayano Hattori are also accredited, bringing the firm total to three. LEED® is also currently going under changes as well with LEED® 3.0. With Version 3, the US Green Building Council has included a new credentialing system and certification system. The new system includes a different allocation of points and takes such things as regional variations into account. Garavaglia Architecture believes that Historic Preservation is a unique opportunity and one of the most sustainable things to do on a building. We are encouraged by the recent trends to look at our cultural and structural resources in this new way. Congratulations Mike!