About
Anthony is an architect with the Texas Historical Commission in Austin, TX. He serves as a project reviewer for the award-winning Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program, one of the largest and most impactful grant initiatives administered by a State Historic Preservation Office. To date, the THCPP has distributed over $400,000,000 in funding and achieved full restorations of over 70 county courthouses that hold high architectural, historical, and cultural significance. Previously, Anthony served in the federal government as an architect with the Architect of the Capitol in Washington, DC, designing and overseeing construction of numerous rehabilitation projects for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Prior to entering public service, Anthony worked in academia where he spent two years as a Professor of Practice at the School of Architecture + Planning, University of Texas at San Antonio and five years as a technician with the Alexander Architectural Archives, University of Texas at Austin. He is also a published author of peer-reviewed research and has presented at ten conferences and symposia. As an academic, Anthony conducted historic preservation research across the United States and Mexico, including at multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites, with combined budgets totaling over $500,000 of grant funds, mostly sponsored by the National Park Service.
Anthony also has experience in private practice, having worked as a designer in two of the highest recognized architecture firms in Texas on everything from a pro bono microhome to a $30,000,000 historic mansion rehabilitation. Collectively, projects Anthony has contributed to have received over a dozen awards, including from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Texas Society of Architects, AIA Austin, AIA Fort Worth, Preservation Austin, and the City of Galveston.
Hailing from from Fort Worth, TX, Anthony studied architecture and historic preservation at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture where he received his Bachelor of Architecture summa cum laude. In his free time, Anthony travels across the Lone Star State and beyond in search of underappreciated vernacular architecture, utilizing his eye for photography by documenting examples of traditional building construction. Ventures farther afield include visits to nineteen foreign countries, providing a global context that informs and inspires his design work. Another interest is music: Anthony is a former volunteer carillonneur at the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, VA. He learnt to play the tower bells in college, where he was a member of the UT Austin Guild of Student Carillonneurs.
Affiliations
American Institute of Architects
Texas Society of Architects
AIA Austin
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
Association for Preservation Technology International
Texas State Historical Association
Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
Contact
anthony@vannette.net