Historic Profiles

Designed in 1920 and completed in 1925, the Arcade Building is largely constructed of unreinforced masonry with framed infill construction. DKP successfully coordinated rehab funding assistance with the City of Santa Ana's Redevelopment Agency, designed the structural retrofit, coordinated engineering,... [continue]

DKP coordinated this project with Redevelopment, NRHP and SHPA. The project was funded with private, local and 501C(3) funding. Our office performed the full A/E services for this building's entire rehabilitation and additionally supported the placement on the National Register... [continue]

The County of Orange hired DKP as a historic restoration specialist when they were seeking to repair and restore the original chimneys in the circa 1898 museum. DKP was hired by the County of Orange to repair and restore the... [continue]

The project required that a feasibility analysis be completed to determine the costs and the feasibility of housing various assembly and exhibit spaces. The project is an excellent example of a large community facility analysis and retrofit. Community meetings were... [continue]

Lloyd's of London, the owner, retained DKP to do a major renovation: a series of interior changes on a seven story, 70 year old bank building. The design and documents included conversion of bank offices to an educational/vocational school, utility... [continue]

DKP accomplished this multi-faceted public bid project. This was a high profile county undertaking with many adjacency issues as well as the complexities involved in State and Federal projects. DKP was selected for this work because of our experience producing... [continue]

DKP is currently working with a client who seeks to restore the historic four-level Santa Ana YMCA building as a new community shared health, conference, and counseling center. DKP will completely restore the interior and exterior to its original 1927... [continue]