Nancy A. Ruhling

25 leaders who have made a difference in the world of traditional design, historic preservation, renovation, and restoration including the 2022 Clem Labine Award Recipient

A passionate pioneer of sustainable preservation, architect Jill H. Gotthelf, principal of WSA|ModernRuins®, has championed continuing cross-collaboration between preservation professionals and green building advocates throughout her 30-year career.

Founding partners of the internationally recognized architectural firm that bears their names, Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons are at the forefront of a movement among architects today who are committed to tradition and innovation.

Award-winning interior designer Barbara Eberlein has built a national reputation for expertise in the restoration of significant historic structures of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Throughout her career, she has championed the Classical tradition while working to educate, advocate, and lead those dedicated to the preservation of past interiors and historical architecture.

As a professor and architect, C.J. Howard has dedicated himself to keeping the Classical language of architecture alive by contributing to a growing number of contemporary traditional designs and priming future generations to raise awareness of the value of historic preservation and the traditional built environment.

Duncan G. Stroik, architect and professor of architecture, is the premier evangelist of Classical ecclesiastical architecture.

As the education director of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Edith Platten plays a key role in cultivating and nurturing future practitioners who can make a positive impact on the built environment, particularly on historic preservation and contemporary projects that employ the language of Classical and traditional architecture.

Ferguson & Shamamian Architects is renowned for designing projects that reflect and respect the cultural, historical, and physical identity of the places in which they were built.

The traditional residential designs of architect Erik Evens express his passion for historical styles attuned to the Classical principles of harmony, proportion, order, and, above all, beauty.

One of the country’s leading practitioners of contemporary Classical architecture, Gil Schafer III has focused on designing timeless traditional residences for the past three decades.

Since 1984, when she established her eponymous landscape architecture firm, Janice Parker has been creating innovative Classical gardens that remain true to their roots yet incorporate modern/contemporary requirements.

Over the course of four decades, Jan Lewandoski has been a leader in the movement to restore and reconstruct historic timber frame structures using traditional construction methods, tools, and materials.

As the past director of one of Glavé & Holmes Architecture’s higher-education studios, Lori Garrett, now president and senior principal of the preservation-minded firm, has elevated the architecture of higher education through a focus on context, sensitivity to mission and celebration of campus heritage.

Over the last three decades, Liz Hallas, AIA, principal at Anderson Hallas Architects, has made a lasting impact on public-sector legacy projects throughout the West.

As a principal at the Boston-based design firm Goody Clancy, architect Jean Carroon has been responsible for a variety of projects ranging from single buildings to whole-campus master plans, leading the restoration of more than a dozen National Historic Landmarks, and working on campuses such as Harvard, Yale, and the University of Virginia.

A master of modern Classical design, Michael G. Imber is known for creating idyllic ranch and country houses throughout Texas and the West and for coastal residences and luxury resorts around the world.

As a partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Melissa DelVecchio is the design lead for many of the firm’s most complex academic and institutional projects.

Since they founded their eponymous architectural firm in Miami in 2001, Marieanne Khoury-Vogt and Erik Vogt have focused most of their work in the Florida master-planned communities of Alys Beach and Kaiya Beach Resort. However, their work is now expanding to other states, an opportunity they are embracing.

A partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Preston Gumberich has honed his experience in traditional design, historic preservation, and adaptive reuse by revitalizing historic structures as well as by working within historic districts and on college campuses around the country.

An award-winning architect with experience in preservation, restoration, and adaptive use of historical buildings, Nakita Reed has been an early leader in focusing her work on sustainable strategies in design and construction.

Recognized internationally as an expert on bridge aesthetics and design, Miguel Rosales has raised awareness of the importance of preserving and restoring these historic structures during a career that has spanned 30 years.

A specialist in the preservation, restoration, and re-creation of interior architectural millwork and plaster, specifically historic windows, Sally Fishburn has helped hundreds of owners, particularly in her home state of Vermont, maintain the historic spirit of their buildings and improve their energy efficiency.

In his role as debut director of the Notre Dame School of Architecture’s Michael Christopher Duda Center for Preservation, Resilience, and Sustainability, award-winning architect, author, and faculty member Steven W. Semes continues to play a key role in fusing the divergent fields of historic preservation and sustainability.

Preservation proponents Stuart Cohen and Julie Hacker have been giving a voice to traditional residential architecture for the nearly four decades they have been in practice in their Chicago-based firm.

Through his award-winning architectural firm, Ike Kligerman Barkley, Thomas A. Kligerman has designed and renovated residences around the world that fuse the past and present so exquisitely that they have become models in the traditional field.

As the secretary of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, architect Thomas Luebke has been a constructive voice for bringing out the best of historic buildings.

Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects is a double 2022 Palladio Awards winner, receiving recognition in Commercial Adaptive Reuse and/or Sympathetic Additions & Commercial Interior Design.

Heritage Metalwork wins 2022 Palladio Award for Commercial Craftsmanship - Lighting Reproduction

The S/L/A/M Collaborative wins the 2022 Palladio Award for Commercial New Design and Construction—more Than 30,000 Square Feet

Don B. McDonald Architect, AIA, Ltd. Wins 2022 Palladio Award for Commercial Public Spaces: Parks, Plazas, Gardens, Streetscapes

EYP wins 2022 Palladio Award for Commercial Restoration and Renovation

Duncan G. Stroik Architect wins a 2022 Palladio Award for Commercial Impact

ESa designs a jewel of a performing arts center on a university campus in Nashville.

Here are some of the artisans and craftsmen who are making their mark on history by recreating old pieces and creating their own traditional and custom works for a variety of design professionals.

The Georgian in St. Louis undergoes a much needed restoration.

When it comes to protecting buildings from birds, two companies have perfect solutions.

Wood remains the prime choice for traditional-style windows and doors. It provides the correct period-style look, and its longevity all but guarantees that it will last as long as the historic buildings it is used in.

CambridgeSeven of Cambridge, Massachusetts, designs the Williams Inn in Massachusetts.

Washington, D.C.-based Franck & Lohsen Architects designs a new Catholic church in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Robert A.M. Stern Architects designed Jane Pinchin and Burke Residence Halls and a new quadrangle for Colgate University.

Rosales + Partners wins a 2021 Palladio Award for Commercial Restoration and Renovation.

Fernando Wong Outdoor Living Design wins a 2021 Palladio Award for Exterior Spaces: Gardens & Landscapes.

Bories & Shearron Architecture, DPC including Hull Millwork, and Bulley & Andrews Residential + Restoration win a 2021 Palladio Award for Residential Craftsmanship.

Ornametals Manufacturing, PRESERV & VMZinc. including Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, win a 2021 Palladio Award for Residential Craftsmanship.

Architectural firm Trivers wins a 2021 Palladio Award for Residential Adaptive re-use and/or Sympathetic Addition.

David Scott Parker Architects wins a 2021 Palladio Award for Commercial Restoration and Renovation.

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture wins a 2021 Palladio Award for Commercial Adaptive Reuse and/or Sympathetic Addition.

Michael G. Imber Architects wins a 2021 Palladio Award for Commercial New Design and Construction–Less than 30,000 Square Feet.