Our Projects

Elrod House

Palm Springs, CA | Class I Historic Site Nomination | 2020

The Elrod House, designed by master architect John Lautner, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 as part of the Multiple Property Documentation Form “Residential Architecture of John Lautner in Southern California 1940-1994.” The Elrod House is significant for expressing the principles of Organic Architecture, for its association with important mid-century interior designer Arthur Elrod, and for its association with John Lautner.

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Compass Rose at the Santa Monica Airport

Santa Monica, CA | Landmark Nomination | 2019

In 2019, the Landmark Nomination was prepared for the Compass Rose at the Santa Monica Airport, a painted air marking adjacent to the runway. The Compass Rose is the symbol of the Ninety-Nines International Association of Women Pilots. The Ninety-Nines were founded by Amelia Earhart and others following the first Women’s Air Derby that took off from Santa Monica Airport in 1929. In collaboration with the Los Angeles chapter of the Ninety-Nines, we successfully advocated for its designation. Read the nomination here and view the supplemental here.

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Carousel Park

Santa Monica, CA | Landmark Nomination | 2018

In 2018, Landmark Nomination was prepared for Carousel Park, a Postmodern cultural landscape in Santa Monica. For this nomination, Olivia helped coordinate a successful collaboration of our firm with the Santa Monica Conservancy and the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In addition to researching and writing the nomination, she also coordinated advocacy efforts that resulted in its’ successful designation which protected it from its impending demolition threat through the Pier Bridge Replacement project.

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