Garavaglia Architecture was honored at the 26th Annual Preservation Design Awards on Saturday the 19th by the California Preservation Foundation.
Historic Chinese Structures, Fiddletown
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Garavaglia Architecture was honored at the 26th Annual Preservation Design Awards on Saturday the 19th by the California Preservation Foundation. The awards presentation took place at the Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental Hotel following a cocktail reception. Our teams for the Fiddletown and La Laguna came together to accept awards in the categories of Preservation and Cultural Resource Studies, Reports respectively.
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.
Chris Lutjen takes a tour of the San Francisco Old Mint. Building opened for tours certain dates and times until the end of this month.
An Old Wall Safe. Photo by Chris Lutjen
Recently, Garavaglia Architecture’s Chris Lutjen participated in a tour of the Old Mint. Organized by the Heritage Young Preservationists, the Associate Curator led a tour of the building on 5th and Mission a couple of days ago.
Built in 1868, and left almost completely intact after the earthquake in 1906,it benefited from an experimental practice of the time a floating foundation, all metal trim and heat absorbing masonry walls. The building became not only one of the few institutions with money (because it was in coins) but was an outpost for refugees in the aftermath of the disaster to apply for funds and receive fresh water from the cisterns in the courtyard. The office renovation from the 1970’s has recently been completely torn out. The main hall and rooms were renovated at that time and are apparent in the current state. It is intended to completely renovate the building and open as a history museum.
Interior Details in the Old Mint. Photo by Chris Lutjen
