Architectural
<br />Resources Group
<br />KATIE E. HORAK
<br />Principal I Architectural Historian & Preservation Planner
<br />Katie is a Los Angeles -area native and Principal in ARG's Los Angeles office. She has nearly twenty years
<br />experience in the field of historic resource management in both the public and private sectors. Katie
<br />is a recognized leader in the industry, bringing creative and innovative solutions to complex issues
<br />related to historic site documentation, management, and adaptive re -use. Katie brings expertise
<br />in policies related to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), preservation tax incentives,
<br />Secretary of the Interior's Standards compliance, and issues surrounding recent -past resources and
<br />intangible heritage.
<br />Relevant Project Experience
<br />• City of Santa Ana, On -Call Environmental and Planning Services, Santa Ana, CA
<br />• Pacific Electric Substation #14, Standards Compliance Review, Santa Ana, CA
<br />• 302 W. 4th Street Historic Preservation Consulting Services, Santa Ana, CA
<br />• Standard/McFadden Park Cultural Resources Records Search, Santa Ana, CA
<br />• 1411 N. Broadway Historical Resource Assessment, Santa Ana, CA
<br />• 1800 E. La Veta Peer Review, Orange, CA
<br />• City of Anaheim, On -Call Historic Resources Consulting, Anaheim, CA
<br />• City of Tustin, Citywide Historic Resources Survey, Tustin, CA
<br />• 574 S. Glassell Street, Historic Resources Evaluation, Orange, CA
<br />• 305 S. Main Street Historic Preservation Consulting Services, Orange, CA
<br />• City of Dana Point, On -Call Preservation Consulting Services, Dana Point, CA
<br />• City of Dana Point, Historic Resources Inventory Update, Dana Point, CA
<br />• 35147 Beach Road, Project Impacts Evaluation, Dana Point, CA
<br />Selected Lectures & Speaking Engagements
<br />• "Culture, Community, and the Holiday Bowl," Save As: NextGen Heritage Conservation podcast,
<br />featured interviewee. December, 2021
<br />• "Minoru Yamasaki and the'World's Most Beautiful Hotel"' Preserving the City of the Future: Civic
<br />and Corporate Los Angeles in the 20th Century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), June
<br />2019
<br />• "Preservation Possibilities for 1990s Architecture," Preserving the Recent Past Conference, Los
<br />Angeles, March 2019
<br />• "Implementing Heritage Surveys and Digital Inventories," National Trust for Canada Conference,
<br />Fredericton, New Brunswick, Oct. 2018
<br />• "Historic Surveys and Designation: From Identification to Nomination" California Preservation
<br />Foundation Workshop, January 2016.
<br />• "Beyond Mid -Century Modern," California Preservation Conference, May 2015.
<br />Education
<br />Master of Heritage Conserva don,
<br />University of Southern California
<br />University of Oregon, Eugene
<br />Historic Preservation Field School
<br />in Canova, Italy
<br />Bachelor of Arts, Art (Painting/
<br />Drawing), Whitworth College,
<br />Spokane, Washington
<br />Meets the Secretory of
<br />the Interior's Professional
<br />Qualifications Standards in
<br />Architectural History
<br />Memberships
<br />President -Elect, Docomomo US
<br />Founding President, Docomoma
<br />US, Southern California Chapter
<br />Los Angeles Conservancy
<br />Society of Architectural Historians,
<br />Southern California Chapter
<br />Los Angeles Headquarters
<br />Association (LAHQ)
<br />Academic Involvement
<br />Adjunct Assistant Professor,
<br />University of Southern California.
<br />Current courses taught:
<br />Introduction to Historic Site
<br />Documentation, and Advanced
<br />Documentation: Historic Resources
<br />Surveys
<br />Architectural Resources Group
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