CHARLES B UCHER, J R .

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P E R S ONAL S T A T EMENT

An architect facilitates the effective organization of space in a building, creating a more efficient environment for the client’s uses. I work to bring the diverse parts of a project together to satisfy the needs of the owner. The natural complexity of architecture requires the practitioner to be simultaneously aware of the many details involved. It is also important to be aware of permit and approval requirements, the necessary deadlines, and how these requirements will impact the project.

Although for nearly three years I have worked with Knapp Architects who specialize in historic preservation, my interests in architecture are diverse, from preservation to vernacular architecture to modern design, and include sustainability, material capabilities and new trends in architecture.

S P E C I A L E X P E R T I S E

Historic Preservation

Drafting and design in AutoCAD

& ArchiCAD programs

Project development from Pre-

Design through Schematic Design,

Design Development and

Construction Documents

Three-dimensional Visualization

Written Presentation

Public Outreach

Construction Administration

Vernacular Architecture

R E P R E S ENTATIVE PROJECTS

With Knapp Architects:

526 Connecticut Street, San Francisco, CA – Reconstruction of a lost, former Victorian façade to provide new two-story bay windows, Victorian decorative façade elements to match neighboring house (along a row of seven other Victiorians of similar design), and Victorian style entrance canopy. Project currently has permitting and negotiations are nearly finalized with a contractor. Project requirements included writing a Historic Resource Determination for the San Francisco Planning Department, working with a land-use attorney to provide a construction easement for parts of the building currently and as-planned over the neighbor’s property line. Construction expected to start Spring, 2020.

Historic Military Residences, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA – Specification through construction administration for repair projects: Exterior repair at Quarters 3, Interior repair, and subsequent wall dry-rot repair for Quarters 36, Full house electrical improvement at Quarters 2 (project suspended).

2224 Piedmont Avenue, University of California, Berkeley campus – Specifications for interior improvements with regard for historic elements.

1 Lewis Avenue, Millbrae, CA – Foundation replacement and interior remodel of Millbrae’s oldest residence, The Green House, built in 1865. Remodel includes Charles Bucher, Jr. RESUME

transformation of the currently un-conditioned attic space to a residential bedroom with a bathroom and provision of a new staircase.

295 Bay Street, San Francisco, CA – Wrote Historic Resource Determination and Historic Resource Evaluation for the former Northpoint Theatre building to assist current owners Hotaling Distilling to receive permission from the San Francisco Planning Department to remodel the building as a distillery.

1035 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA – Wrote Historic Resource Determination and Historic Resource Evaluation s of the Eng-Skell Co. building for the San Francisco Department of Planning to assist the evaluation of the building as a historic resource and to allow the remodel of the building with limited impact to its historic resources to proceed.

Ambassador Hotel, 55 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA – Prepared Part 1 Federal Tax Credit evaluation, Part 2 Tax Credit Evaluation, and plans and specifications for historic preservation repair and restoration for the planned project to remodel and provide a seismic upgrade.

Yosemite Apartments, 480 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA - Prepared Part 1 Federal Tax Credit evaluation, Part 2 Tax Credit Evaluation, and plans and specifications for historic preservation repair and restoration for the planned project to remodel and provide a seismic upgrade.

Ritz Hotel, 200-216 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA - Prepared Part 1 Federal Tax Credit evaluation for the planned project.

Work for previous firms:

Alameda County Fire Department, Cherryland Fire Station, near Hayward. Design and Construction Documents for new fire station building to replace aging Fire Station 23, Muller & Caulfield Architects.

EBMUD - Berryman Reservoir Replacement, Berkeley, CA. Conceptual Design including public meeting facilitation and Construction Documents. Architectural design included roof treatment for the water tank, and wood trellis along the walkway, Muller & Caulfield Architects.

Alameda Carnegie Building, Alameda, CA. Preservation, restoration and reuse for historic 1902 library building. Suspended project, Muller & Caulfield Architects.

Lake Merritt Pergola and Bandstand Renovation Oakland, CA. Historic investigation, design and construction administration to replace roof on historic Lake Merritt Pergola. Investigation, design and construction of new accessibility ramp to historic Lake Merritt Bandstand, Muller & Caulfield Architects.

New construction of a bar and cafeteria building at Marine Mountain Warfare Center, Bridgeport, CA, Fraser & Fogle Architecture.

Charles Bucher, Jr. RESUME

E M P L O YMENT

Knapp Architects

San Francisco, CA

December, 2017 – November, 2020 (laid off for a three week period in April and May, 2020) Muller & Caulfield

Oakland, CA

August, 2005 – December, 2017

Studying Vernacular Architecture at Oxford Brookes University September, 2004 – August, 2005

Wisbeck, Fraser & Fogle Architecture (later Fraser & Fogle Architecture) Bellevue, WA

March, 1999 – September, 2004

E DUCATION

B. Architecture, Washington State University, May 1998. B. A. in English, UC Berkeley, September 1982.

M.A. in Vernacular Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, November 2005. P U B L I C ATION

The Life and Times of the Saddle Rock Café

- Oakland Heritage Alliance Newsletter, Fall 2011

Dating a Twentieth Century Building from Construction Materials

- The Journal of Preservation Technology, Fall 2012 An article on uncovered foundations of a former post office at a new construction site in Oakland.

- Oakland Heritage Alliance Newsletter, Spring 2017 L I CENSE

CA Licensed Architect, No. C-33881, September 2012 C OMMUNITY

AIA East Bay, Historic Preservation Committee, 2010 – 2014

- Presentation on local East Bay Endangered Historic Places, May 2011 California Preservation Foundation

- Steering Committee for the May 2012 CPF Annual Conference, Oakland, CA Oakland Heritage Alliance Board Member, January 2013 to present

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