Preserving Your Heritage Site: Tips for Working with an Architecture / Development Team

by k. kennedy Whiters, RA

Join us to learn tips on how to work with an architecture / development team to preserve your heritage site. You will receive insight on lessons learned from a preservation architect with a diverse experience in architecture, planning, preservation, and project management.

At the end of the session, the goal is for you to have more information to begin your working relationship with your team on the right foot.

The presentation will cover the following topics to support healthy communication and expectations between the site owner and the architect/development team:

• Becoming an Architect

• Developing a Request for Proposal

• Selecting an architect / development team

• Helpful things to share with your architect / development team

This presentation is for:

• Property Owners and Renters

• Real Estate Professionals and Developers

• Students interested in an architecture and/or historic preservation career

• Preservation Professionals

• Anyone interested in building preservation

About the Speaker

k. kennedy Whiters, RA is a preservation architect with over 20 years of experience in architecture, preservation, planning, and project management. She has worked on over 50 preservation projects across the country as both an architect and owner's representative / capital projects manager in the public and private sectors. A published writer, researcher, and educator, kennedy is the founder of Black in Historic Preservation and a New York-based architecture firm, studio kW Architecture + Preservation.