Bruce Judd


Bruce D. Judd, FAIA, is an historic preservation architect based in Seaside, Florida, and San Francisco, California. He is a principal in the Bruce Judd Consulting Group in Seaside and a Consulting Founding Principal at the Architectural Resources Group in San Francisco. His projects have included surveying the historic African American community of Mound Bayou, Mississippi resulting in its being listed in the National Register of Historic Places. He has also consulted on the restoration of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. Judd has directed more than 300 planning, rehabilitation, and expansion projects for architecturally significant buildings throughout the west and is a nationally recognized expert in his field. He has led rehabilitation and new construction projects for library, cultural, and performing arts facilities. He has also directed various high-profile projects including: master plan and restoration of the Hotel Del Coronado; repair and restoration of the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, which received a National AIA Honor Award; master planning and seismic retrofit of the block-square Beaux-Arts style Pasadena City Hall which received LEED Gold certification; and rehabilitation of the historic Linde Robinson Laboratory for the Center for Global Environmental Ecology at Caltech in Pasadena, the first laboratory in an historic building to receive a LEED Platinum certification. Judd meets The Secretary of the Interior's Historic Preservation Professional Qualifications Standards in Architecture, Historic Architecture, Architectural History, and History.

Honors & Memberships

In 1993, Judd was awarded "Preservationist of the Year" and was appointed as Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In 1996, Judd was named by President Clinton as an Expert Member to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the federal agency that oversees and advises on national preservation matters where he served for eight years. He served on the First Lady's Millennium Committee to Save America's Treasures. He has served on both the San Francisco and California AIA Committees on Historic Preservation, was former Chairman of the National AIA Committee on Historic Resources, and is an Advisor Emeritus and former Board of Trustees Member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation where he served for nine years. He served as a Board member of Preservation Action for ten years, and is a former President of San Francisco Heritage. In 2006 the Architectural Resources Group received the AIA California Council, Firm of the Year and in 2005 the Conservatory of Flowers received a National Honor Award for Architecture, from the American Institute of Architects. Judd is also on the Board of Directors of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.

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