Join Petaluma Historian Katherine Rinehart at Crooked Goat Brewing, one of Petaluma’s newest breweries, for a presentation on how historic industrial and commercial buildings are being revitalized in cities similar in size to Petaluma in a way that harmonizes the old with the new through adaptive reuse.
San Francisco-based architects Craig Rice and Ram Subramanian will discuss specific hurdles that owners and tenants of historic buildings face when seeking new uses for their properties and how these may be addressed through design, engineering, and construction solutions and others that can be affected by elected officials and the broader community. In the last year, Craig and Ram have collaborated on the topic of office-to-housing conversions, producing the case study: "Why Bad Office Buildings Make Good Housing."
Arrive at 6:30 p.m. for pre-event conversation and purchase a refreshment before heading to the rear of the building, where the presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Questions? Please contact Katherine Rinehart at katherine@kjrinehart.com or (707) 775-8843
BEFORE: Holm Tractor Equipment
Photo courtesy of Sonoma County Library
AFTER: Crooked Goat Brewing
Craig Rice
Craig Rice is a Studio Director at BLITZ Architecture & Design with expertise in historic preservation and adaptive reuse projects, including Petaluma’s Crooked Goat Brewery.
He is the current Chair of the Oakland Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board and has experience in National, State, and Local preservation platforms. His work spans many generations of historic (and not-yet-historic) building modernizations, each bringing a different mix of the design, technical, code, and philosophical issues that are part of the challenge and reward of historic preservation work.
Ram Subramanian
Ram Subramanian is a Studio Leader at SERA and specializes in all forms of housing. He is an architect with a wide array of skills that complement his design sensibilities. His holistic perspective allows him to see creative and viable solutions even in the most challenging situations for clients and end users that his projects serve.