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San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park, Joint Powers Authority
Completion: January 2004

The 2007 Witch Creek fire burned all but the structure's 1870 original adobe walls. See Union Tribune Article here.

Lead Consultant Architect for Historic Preservation responsible for orchestrating several sub consultants. The San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park, Joint Powers Authority has fully restored the adobe ranch/farm house and is currently providing docent lead tours. The project team includes two historians, a landscape architect, historic cultural landscape interpreter, structural engineer, HABS photographer and a program interpretation consultant.

Responsibilities: IS Architecture as the preservation architect and lead consultant prepared the Historic Structures Report and preservation drawings for the Sikes Adobe. Based on the results of the historic structures report the preservation plan identified areas requiring immediate stabilization measures as well as providing documentation for the entire restoration of the structure.

Awards
2005  California Preservation Foundation Award
2004  Save Our Heritage Organisation - Rural Preservation Award
2002  City of San Diego Orchid Award


photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann
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