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California Preservation Awards
Presenting the 42nd Annual California Preservation Awards
The California Preservation Awards are a statewide hallmark, showcasing the best in historic preservation. This years’ awards ceremony includes the presentation of the Preservation Design Awards and the President’s Award, bringing together hundreds of people to share and celebrate excellence in preservation. Join us as we celebrate the 2025 winning projects, places, and people at the California Museum, Downtown Sacramento near the State Capitol.
California Preservation Awards Ceremony and Reception
- Open Exhibits at the California Museum: Friday, May 9th, 2025 | 6 – 7 PM
- Presentation of the Awards: Friday, May 9th, 2025 | 7 – 8 PM
- Reception in the Museum Courtyard: Friday, May 9th, 2025 | 8 – 10 PM
The California Preservation Awards reception showcases our 22 winning projects for 2025, as well as the President’s Award and Trustees’ Award for Excellence winners.
Join us to celebrate and honor the best historic preservation projects in California at this unique and festive event.
Award Sponsors
We thank our generous Awards Program Sponsors.
Information on sponsorship can be found here.
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Awards Pricing & Ticket Options
| PACKAGE DEAL (attend both the four-day conference + Awards Reception + Opening Reception!) Includes access to all conference sessions plus the California Preservation Awards Reception and Ceremony. Significant savings, receive CEUs, and support our educational activities with your registration. |
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| CPF Member/Non-Member Rates | $580 / $625 |
| AWARDS RECEPTION + CEREMONY ONLY | |
| CPF Member | $225 |
| Non-Member | $250 |
Additional options are available by registering directly for the conference and selecting the Design Awards event through our conference page. Check out our conference page for registration and more details.
Hotel Information
The Awards Program Hotel is the Sheraton Grand, Sacramento. We have reserved room blocks available at discounted rates for all conference and award attendees. Room reservations will be required.
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California Preservation Awards Celebration | Friday, May 9th, 6 - 10PM, at the California Museum, Sacramento
Awards Ceremony & Reception | Friday, May 9th, 6 – 10PM PST – Downtown Los Angeles
The California Preservation Awards are a statewide hallmark, recognizing excellence in historic preservation. The Awards ceremony includes the presentation of the Preservation Design Awards and the President’s Awards, which will be followed by a ticketed reception with food and drinks provided.
The full program includes a private opening of the California Museum Exhibits; presentation of the Preservation Design Awards, President’s Awards, and Trustee’s Awards for Excellence; and a celebratory reception with food and drink in the museum courtyard following the presentation of awards.
Events will be held onsite at the California Museum, May 9th, 2025. Tickets & Registration here. If you would like to also attend the four-day Annual Conference, including all educational programs plus the full Awards program at a discounted rate, you can register for the conference directly here and select the Discounted Awards ticket option.
Congratulations to the 2025 Preservation Design Award Winners!
The California Preservation Awards are a statewide hallmark. This year, our volunteer Awards Jury selected twenty-two projects showcasing the best in historic preservation.
Craftsmanship/Preservation Technology
- Preservation of Louis Comfort Tiffany Stained Glass Rose Window at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley, California
- UC San Diego Humanities and Social Sciences Building Repair
Cultural Heritage, Intangible Assets
- African Americans in California Multiple Property Documentation Form
- Sacramento LGBTQ+ Historic Experience Project
Cultural Resource Studies, Reports
- Carson City Hall Historic Structure Report and Story Map
- City of Colton Cultural Resources Element
- Los Angeles Historical Housing and Land Use Study
Preservation
Restoration
- Balboa Park Botanical Building
- Eastern Columbia Building
- Restoration of the Joseph Pleasants Stone Building at Arden
- Santa Monica Clock Tower Building
- The M.H. Cowen House
Reconstruction or Contextual Infill
Rehabilitation
- Consolidated Orange Growers Precooling & Ice Plant
- El Rodeo School Voluntary Seismic Retrofit and Historic Rehabilitation
- Glenn County Courthouse
- Harbor House
- Netflix Egyptian Theatre
- Saint Clare at Capitol Park Hotel
- The Union at Garey (Pomona YMCA)
- Walker Hall Graduate Student Center
2025 President’s Award Recipients
Keep an eye out on this page for the announcement of the President’s Awards.
Thank you to our Jury for the 2025 Preservation Design Awards!
Design Awards Co-Chair
Cathy Garrett, Principal, PGAdesign. Cathy is president of the PGAdesign Landscape Architects a landscape studio based in Oakland celebrating more than 40 years in business. During her career, she has worked on projects that include Frederick Law Olmsted’s Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City, as well as projects in France, Italy, England, Canada and her native Australia. Award winning projects in California include the Lopez Adobe in San Fernando and the Lovelace Garden in Montecito, also Casa Amesti in Monterey, the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park and the Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento. She has made presentations at annual conferences for the American Institute of Architects, California Council for the Promotion of History, California State Parks, and California Preservation Foundation. Cathy has been welcomed as visiting critic for the University of California, Berkeley schools of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Planning, Cornell University, and the University of New South Wales in Australia. From 2017 to 2019, she served as the Consulting Campus Landscape Architect for UC Berkeley. Cathy was a founding co-chair of the Northern California HALS (Historic American Landscape Survey) Group. She is a past-president of the California Preservation Foundation and until 2018 served on the Historic State Capitol Commission.
Design Awards Co-Chair
Bill Schaeffer, Partner, Cello & Maudru Construction and CPF Vice President of Development. Bill Schaeffer is a partner at Cello & Maudru Construction Company. Based in Napa, Cello & Maudru specializes in winery, estate home, & hospitality construction building projects throughout the Bay Area. With the firm since 1996, he has been lucky enough to work on a few notable historic buildings, most recently the Buena Vista Winery Cellar & Caves (CPF 2013 Preservation Technology Award) & the adaptive reuse of the Mackintosh House in Sonoma for Scribe Winery. With a focus on history, architecture, and historic preservation, he received a bachelor of science in Environmental Design from UC Davis in 1993. Bill served on the board of Napa County Landmarks from 2002 to 2007.
2025 Design Awards Jury
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The California Preservation Design Awards is an annual event that recognizes innovators from across the state in architecture, engineering, planning, documentation, and design.
Why Sponsor? This year is unique in all sorts of ways. Our on-site receptions will provide you with an opportunity to meet dozens of business leaders, explore new perspectives, and build your future with like-minded colleagues. Sponsors receive a range of benefits, including early access to event tickets, with extended reach to more than 30,000 people across the country and around the globe.
Become a Sponsor
Support the California Preservation Awards and receive substantial exposure and access to exclusive VIP opportunities!
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Details are in our Design Awards sponsorship brochure. Please contact us for other opportunities at cpf@californiapreservation.org. Awards
About the Preservation Design Awards
Since 1983, over 600 projects have been recognized with a Preservation Design Award. Winning projects are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, and history, as well as renowned architecture critics and journalists. The jury selects projects that have furthered, to a notable degree, the purposes of the profession, consistent with the California Preservation Foundation’s mission.
About the President’s Awards
President’s Awards honor people deserving of special recognition for their outstanding preservation efforts. Since its inception in 1991, this program has recognized more than 155 individuals and organizations whose work allows others to gain a deeper appreciation of historic resources and their value to California’s economy, environment and quality of life. All proceeds from this event support the California Preservation Foundation’s statewide education and advocacy programs.
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