Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner, AIA, RIBA

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER

1990 - 2007, Administrative Associate, Natural Edge, Trenton, NJ. Design and build firm specializing in architecture and furniture for public landscapes and private gardens. Projects included: Cleveland Botanical Garden, Camden Children’s Garden, Children’s Zoo, Central Park, Rockefeller Center Channel Garden, Bronx Zoo Butterfly Garden, National Institutes of Health Healing Garden.

1981 and 1986-1989, Conservator/Designer, Jan Hird Pokorny, Architects and Planners, New York, NY. Performed conditions surveys, wrote historic structures reports and prepared construction documents. Projects included: Schermerhorn Row/South Street Seaport, Sailor Snug Harbor, Fireman’s Monument and Landscape/Riverside Park, 79th Street Rotunda/Riverside Park, Mills Mansion.

1983-1985, Architectural Designer, Karen Lee Sobol, Architecture and Planning PC, New York, NY. Design development and construction documents for new transportation related structures and offices including LIRR and MTA, New York City, and commercial and residential interior restorations.

1982-1983, Structures Analyst and Builder, Central Park Conservancy, New York, NY. Structures and survey report for stone perimeter wall and park-wide drainage system. Construction of hillside drainage and circulation system at Dene Rustic Shelter restoration.

1981, Conservator, California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA. Prepared sandstone conservation and consolidation study and report.

 
Education
1984
Master of Science in Historic Preservation, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Historic Preservation, NY, NY
1979
Bachelor of Art in Architecture, School of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
 
Related Work Experience

Archeology:
South Street Seaport, New York, NY : Excavation and documentation of 18th and 19th century structures and construction materials. Supervised extraction of an 18th century ship’s hull. Paterson, NJ: industrial manufacturing sites

Construction:
Francis Scott Key Monument, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA: reproduction and reconstruction, including mold making, concrete casting, marble repairs and installation. Jacques Overhoff, Architectural Sculptor, San Francisco, CA: mold-making, pre-cast concrete, bronze architectural scale art work for public spaces and plazas.

 
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