Architect Brings Expertise in Historic Preservation and Sustainability

Nakita Reed, AIA, CPHC, LEED AP BD+C, NOMA, an associate with Quinn Evans, has been selected as a member of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative Advisory Committee. The new program, led by a partnership of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ford Foundation, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the JPB Foundation, and The Executive Leadership Council, will provide technical assistance and fund preservation-based stewardship plans at up to eight HBCU campuses across the country.

Reed has served as an architect and sustainability consultant on numerous projects, including historic building rehabilitations. She is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), the Association of Preservation Technology (APT), and the Alice Ferguson Foundation’s Building Committee. Additionally, Reedserves on the boards of Preservation Maryland andthe Benjamin Banneker Development Corporation.She was the 2018 recipient of AIA/DC’s Emerging Architect Award.

Reed holds a Master of Architecture (2010) and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation (2010) from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture (2006) from the University of Virginia. She is a registered architect, a LEED®-Accredited Professional, and Certified Passive House Consultant.

Regarding the initiative, the National Trust’s President and CEO, Paul Edmondson, stated: “Only a handful of HBCUs have campus preservation plans that identify their most important historic resources or give direction for their long-term stewardship. HBCUs are tremendously important institutions in our national life and their assets must be invested in and adapted for modern uses, while also celebrating their imbued legacies and storied past.”

More information on the initiative can be found at https://savingplaces.org/press-center/media-resources/hbcu-cultural-heritage-stewardship-initiative

About Quinn Evans

Quinn Evans provides services in architecture, planning, urban revitalization, and historic preservation, including sustainable preservation and stewardship. Established in 1984, the firm has more than 200 professionals in six office locations in Washington, D.C.; Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan; Madison, Wisconsin; Baltimore, Maryland; and Richmond, Virginia. Nationally ranked in its sustainability practice, Quinn Evans is a charter signatory of the AIA 2030 Challenge and a member of the Center for the Built Environment.

Quinn Evans specializes in cultural, institutional, commercial, and educational projects, including museums, historic parks, theaters, mixed-use buildings, schools and campus facilities, libraries, and civic landmarks. Current projects for the firm include the modernization of the National Air and Space Museum and the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.; renovation of the Old City Hall and Virginia Commonwealth University’s new STEM building in Richmond, Va.; and redevelopment of Baltimore’s Penn Station. Quinn Evans has also recently been selected by Ford to design the restoration and adaptive use of the landmark Michigan Central Station in Detroit. Projects in Detroit also include the restoration of the historic Wurlitzer Building; the renovation of 985 Michigan Avenue for the U.S. General Services Administration; and the documentation of 20th-century African American civil rights sites in the city of Detroit for the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office in association with the Detroit Historic Designation Advisory Board. For more information, visit www.quinnevans.com.