David Wright won’t let go of the past—in a good way. From his first position after graduating from college working at the historic Boston Naval Shipyard with the National Park Service through to today, his career has focused on projects in historic contexts. His experience includes the design of new facilities within historically and culturally significant settings, additions to historic structures, and the restoration and rehabilitation of National Register-listed historic properties.
David has worked with the State Historic Preservation Officers in many states and is well versed in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Properties. His work is regularly recognized for its sensitive approach and successful solutions. He was involved in the restoration of the Walters Art Museum’s Hackerman Mansion, which received the State of Maryland’s highest award for historic preservation, and has also received recognition for this work on historic structures at Bowdoin College, the Baltimore Zoo and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, among others.
David was recognized for his career-long dedication to historic preservation in February 2011 when he was made Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. David was one of only six architects recognized in the category of Preservation, out of the 104 architects elevated to FAIA this year.
David holds a Masters in Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. A member of the Association for Preservation Technology and the American Association of Museums, he is also an accomplished author. His published works include several works on Maryland’s cast iron architecture and a history of McKim Mead & White’s involvement with the original Goucher College campus in midtown Baltimore. In 2002, he published a catalogue of etchings by R. Swain Gifford. He has been a director to the board of the American Historical Print Collectors Society since 2007 and currently serves as the Society’s treasurer. His most recent book about artist-etcher Peter Moran, published in 2010, has received the Ewell L. Newman award for 2011. This award, presented on a yearly basis for the past twenty-three years, has recognized the finest of recently published works dealing with American historical prints.
