Anne holford-smith Faia, LEED AP

Partner

Anne Holford-Smith brings over 30 years of experience practicing architecture and has been with PBDW since 1992. She directed the firm’s award-winning restoration work on the Cooper Union Foundation Building, the New York Appellate Division Courthouse and Green-Wood’s Fort Hamilton Gatehouses. Other restoration projects include the cast iron 462 Broadway and the Knox Building.  Additions to existing buildings include new offices for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and expansion of the Green-Wood Modern Chapel.

Her recently completed projects include the new Net-Zero energy Fellows Hall residence at Williams College, the 2022 Architizer A+ Award recipient in Architecture and Sustainability, and the Moise Safra Center, the 2022 American Architecture Award recipient in Religious Buildings.

Through a broad range of building types, including additions to and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, pure preservation, and new construction within historic contexts, the common theme of her work is the interplay between new and old, rooted in their unique context.

Ms. Holford-Smith received her Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute. She is a member of the Association for Preservation Technology and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and served as a Commissioner on the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission from 2018 to 2024.

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