New York, New York, United States
Zach Rice is an architect and heritage conservation consultant with over thirty years of experience with the conservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of old and historic buildings, structures, monuments, and sites, focused on planning, investigation, problem-solving, design, construction documents, and construction administration services for a wide range of types of heritage structures, such as museums, churches, synagogues, residences, parks, ruins, greenhouses, agricultural sites, and industrial structures, constructed of all manner of archaic and modern building materials and systems in urban and rural settings. Specialties: Heritage project planning and management, owner's representation, hands-on investigation, documentation, conditions assessments, seismic evaluation, preservation design, resilience planning, construction documents, materials conservation, construction administration, and value engineering/analysis for old and historic structures, buildings, monuments, and sites.
Principal and Senior Preservation Architect, offering architectural and consulting services for the conservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of old and historic building, structures, monuments, and sites. Selected current and recent projects include: Rehabilitation of the New York State Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair; Condition Assessment of the Museum of Antigua & Barbuda (1748, 1843, 1985), St. John's, Antigua; Stabilization of Maison Gauthier (late 19th C), Haiti; 220 and 222 Lenox Avenue (1889, 1930); National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [170 West 130th Street] (1884, 1928); Diplomatic Residence at 13 East 66th Street (1918); The New York City Marble Cemetery Wall (1838-); Advisor to Bakás Pilipinas on various heritage projects in the Philippines; Christ Episcopal Church Existing Conditions Study (1852, 1967); Stanton Street Shul (1911); Exterior Restoration of the Kerwin Residence [129 West 78th Street] (1887).
Senior Preservation Architect in a small architecture and preservation firm engaged in renovation and restoration of historic properties in New York City and the surrounding region. Directed the investigation and restoration of sacred sites, industrial structures, civic buildings, and parks, such as the High Bridge (1839-1848, 1864, 1927); Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory Greenhouse at Cornell University (1931); West 69th Street Transfer Bridge (1911); former Bethlehem Steel Plant (ca. 1850-1945); Jefferson Market Library (1877, 1967); West Point Foundry Preserve (early 19th-early 20th C); Brown Memorial Baptist Church (1860); Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church (1894), Exterior Repairs to the Louis Armstrong House Museum (1910, 1943, 1971); Snug Harbor Cultural Center (1832 to late 19th C); Highbridge Water Tower (1872); Forest Park Greenhouse (1921-1928); Emmanuel Baptist Church (1883); and member of Value Engineering Teams for various City of New York owned landmark buildings.
Principal as a sole practitioner, offering architectural and consulting services for the conservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of old and historic structures, and town planning in historic districts. Selected projects: NC Mutual Building Existing Conditions Assessment and Feasibility Study (1909), Rehabilitation of the former Peoples National Bank Building (1909, 1925), Investigation of Christ Episcopal Church Steeple (1852, 1967), Consulting on the Stabilization of the Hamlet, NC Passenger Depot (1900, 1944), Stabilization and Relocation of the Sullivan House (ca. 1857), Rehabilitation and Long-Term Maintenance Plan for Sacred Heart Cultural Center (late 19th C), Consulting on the Rehabilitation Plan for the UNC YMCA (1904), Conservation Assessment of the Lunney Museum (1908), Conditions Assessment and Repairs to St. John's Lutheran Church (1859-61), Exterior Rehabilitation of the Gignilliat House (1898), Downtown Bennettsville, SC Master Plan (late 19th-early 20th C), Downtown Belton, SC Master Plan (mid-19th-early 20th C), and Centerview, Kannapolis, NC Neighborhood Plan (early 20th C).
Project Architect with a general practice firm with projects located in New York City. Selected projects: Architectural Programming for The Frick Collection (1912-14, 1932-35), and Renovation of Avery Library (1912).
Introduced two summer studios of gifted high school students to architectural design by discussions of the nature of architecture, formal analysis of selected models, and the design of a Student Art Gallery.