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GROUP 4 ARCHITECTURE TAB 1 STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS — FIRM AND TEAM EXPERIENCEJOHN LESAK, aia, fapt, leed ap
<br />Historic Architect
<br />John D. Lesak, AIA, LEED AP, FAPT, is a Principal with Page & Turnbull and manager
<br />of the Los Angeles area office. With an interdisciplinary education in architecture,
<br />engineering, and materials science, John has specialized in the preservation,
<br />rehabilitation, repair, and reuse of historic structures since 1993. John meets the
<br />Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architecture and
<br />Historic Architecture.
<br />He served as a historic architect on a number of award-winning preservation projects –
<br />including the exterior rehabilitations of the Old Orange County Courthouse, Wisconsin
<br />State Capital, Los Angeles City Hall, the relocation of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse,
<br />and the restoration of the spire at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Marin County Civic
<br />Center. John also teaches a course on sustainable historic preservation within the USC
<br />School of Architecture’s Masters of Heritage Conservation program.
<br />Select Project Experience
<br /> Powell Library, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
<br /> Improvements Study | Historic Preservation Consultant
<br /> Restroom Rehabilitation | Historic Architect
<br /> Presidio Branch Library – Rehabilitation and Repair of Carnegie Library, San
<br />Francisco, CA | Consulting Principal/Historic Architect
<br /> Chinatown Branch Library – Exterior Rehabilitation and Repair During
<br />Construction, San Francisco, CA | Consulting Principal/Historic Architect
<br /> Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Arts & Culture - Adaptive Reuse of the Riverside
<br />Main Library, Riverside, CA | Executive Architect & Historic Architect
<br /> Old Orange County Courthouse - Facade Rehabilitation, Santa Ana, CA | Architect
<br />& Historic Architect
<br /> Greek Theater in Griffith Park – Rehabilitation & Historic Structures Report, Los
<br />Angeles, CA | Historic Architect
<br /> Charlotte & Robert Disney House - Rehabilitation & Reconstruction, Los Angeles,
<br />CA | Architect & Historic Architect
<br /> The Magic Castle – Facilities Improvement Master Plan & Exterior Rehabilitation,
<br />Hollywood, CA | Architect & Historic Architect
<br /> Crest Theater / UCLA’s Nimoy Theatre - Rehabilitation & Adaptive Reuse,
<br />Westwood, CA | Historic Preservation Consultant
<br /> Antelope Valley Indian Museum – Rehabilitation & Systems Upgrades, Lancaster,
<br />CA | Architect & Historic Architect
<br /> Former U.S. Federal Courthouse – multiple projects, 312 North Spring Street, Los
<br />Angeles, CA | Historic Architect
<br /> Los Angeles City Hall – Terra Cotta Cladding Repair & Restoration, Los Angeles, CA
<br />| Materials Conservation Consultant (with prior firm)
<br /> Carson Block Building – Rehabilitation & Façade Restoration, Eureka, CA |
<br />Architect & Historic Architect
<br />EDUCATION
<br />Verona, Italy, Coursework in the
<br />conservation of stone and marble, 2002
<br />University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
<br />Master of Architecture (Structures
<br />Option), 1993
<br />University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
<br />Bachelor of Science, Architecture, 1990
<br />Versailles, France Study Program,
<br />1989-1990
<br />LICENSES
<br />California Architect: C26607
<br />AFFILIATIONS
<br />City of South Pasadena Planning
<br />Commission, 2017 to Present
<br />(Vice-Chair 2020)
<br />City of South Pasadena Cultural Heritage
<br />Commission 2005-2014, 2017
<br />(Chair 2009, 2010, 2014)
<br />AIA|LA Historic Resource Committee,
<br />Chair (2016-2017)
<br />APT West Coast Chapter, Past President
<br />(2003-2009)
<br />APT College of Fellows
<br />Preservation Action, CA Board
<br />Representative, 2018 - present.
<br />Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa’s Design
<br />Advisory Panel, 2010-2013
<br />AWARDS
<br />Old Orange County Courthouse - Facade
<br />Rehabilitation, Santa Ana, CA. 2021
<br />Preservation Design Award from the
<br />California Preservation Foundation
<br />EXHIBIT C - PROPOSAL
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