<br />KATIE E. HORAK
<br />Principal | Architectural Historian & Preservaꢀon Planner
<br />Kaꢀe is a Los Angeles-area naꢀve 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. Kaꢀe
<br />is a recognized leader in the industry, bringing creaꢀve and innovaꢀve soluꢀons to complex issues
<br />related to historic site documentaꢀon, management, and adapꢀve re-use. Kaꢀe brings experꢀse
<br />in policies related to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), preservaꢀon tax incenꢀves,
<br />Secretary of the Interior’s Standards compliance, and issues surrounding recent-past resources and
<br />intangible heritage.
<br />EducationRelevant Project Experience Master of Heritage Conservaꢀon,
<br />University of Southern California▪ City of Santa Ana, On-Call Environmental and Planning Services, Santa Ana, CA
<br />▪ Pacific Electric Substaꢀon #14, Standards Compliance Review, Santa Ana, CA
<br />▪ 302 W. 4th Street Historic Preservaꢀon Consulꢀng 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 />University of Oregon, Eugene
<br />Historic Preservaꢀon Field School
<br />in Canova, Italy
<br />Bachelor of Arts, Art (Painꢀng/
<br />Drawing), Whitworth College,
<br />Spokane, Washington
<br />Meets the Secretary of
<br />the Interior’s Professional
<br />Qualificaꢀons Standards in
<br />Architectural History▪ City of Anaheim, On-Call Historic Resources Consulꢀng, Anaheim, CA
<br />▪ City of Tusꢀn, Citywide Historic Resources Survey, Tusꢀn, CA
<br />▪ 574 S. Glassell Street, Historic Resources Evaluaꢀon, Orange, CA
<br />▪ 305 S. Main Street Historic Preservaꢀon Consulꢀng Services, Orange, CA
<br />▪ City of Dana Point, On-Call Preservaꢀon Consulꢀng Services, Dana Point, CA
<br />▪ City of Dana Point, Historic Resources Inventory Update, Dana Point, CA
<br />▪ 35147 Beach Road, Project Impacts Evaluaꢀon, Dana Point, CA
<br />Memberships
<br />President-Elect, Docomomo US
<br />Founding President, Docomomo
<br />US, Southern California Chapter
<br />Los Angeles Conservancy
<br />Society of Architectural Historians,
<br />Southern California Chapter
<br />Los Angeles Headquarters
<br />Associaꢀon (LAHQ)Selected Lectures & Speaking Engagements
<br />Academic Involvement▪ “Culture, Community, and the Holiday Bowl,” Save As: NextGen Heritage Conservaꢀon podcast,
<br />featured interviewee. December, 2021 Adjunct Assistant Professor,
<br />University of Southern California.
<br />▪ “Minoru Yamasaki and the ‘World’s Most Beauꢀful 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 />Current courses taught:
<br />Introducꢀon to Historic Site
<br />Documentaꢀon, and Advanced
<br />Documentaꢀon: Historic Resources
<br />Surveys▪ “Preservaꢀon Possibiliꢀes for 1990s Architecture,” Preserving the Recent Past Conference, Los
<br />Angeles, March 2019
<br />▪ “Implemenꢀng Heritage Surveys and Digital Inventories,” Naꢀonal Trust for Canada Conference,
<br />Fredericton, New Brunswick, Oct. 2018
<br />▪ “Historic Surveys and Designaꢀon: From Idenꢀficaꢀon to Nominaꢀon.” California Preservaꢀon
<br />Foundaꢀon Workshop, January 2016.
<br />▪ “Beyond Mid-Century Modern,” California Preservaꢀon Conference, May 2015.
<br />Architectural Resources Group
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