Join Mark Rabinowitz in Florida mid-December as a featured speaker at the Traditional Building Conference, for a two-day interactive symposium, where you will learn from best-in-class experts and practitioners about…
Profile
BACKMark holds decades of experience in the assessment, testing and treatment of major historic and artistic works in the US, Canada and the Caribbean. First trained as a sculptor, he has worked on preservation of monuments, sculptures, historic structures, fountains, industrial artifacts, historic sites and collections.
Significant projects include assessments of the Carnegie Library, Washington, DC, assessment the Atlantis Space Shuttle and A-12 CIA spy plane, the assessment of the Egyptian Obelisk in New York City, treatments of bronze and marble at the US Capitol US, Dept of Commerce and US Supreme Court buildings, treatments of iron and aluminum at the US Dept. of Justice building, treatment of stone of the West Block of the Canadian Houses of Parliament., assessments and treatments of the Grant, Lincoln, and WWI Memorials on the National Mall, conservation of monuments in Arlington and other National Cemeteries around the country, restoration of major elements of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Laurelton Hall, conservation of works for the Brooklyn, Metropolitan Museums in NYC the Smithsonian Institute and National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Crystal Bridges Museum, Morse Museum, the Biltmore Estate, Rockefeller’s Kykuit, Doris Duke’s Rough Point, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens and hundreds of other Federal, State and Local sites throughout North America.
Mark is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture and worked as a sculptor for the first sixteen years of his career. Mark is a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC), Fellow of the American Academy in Rome (FAAR), and was inducted into the College of Fellows for the Association of Preservation Technology International (FAPT) in 2021.
Articles
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2022 Traditional Building Conference
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2022 EverGreene Leadership Promotions
EverGreene Names Rabinowitz President and Martin Vice President Effective immediately, Mark Rabinowitz has been named President of EverGreene Architectural Arts, Inc. Mark joined EverGreene in 2018 during the acquisition of…
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Rabinowitz Inducted to APT College of Fellows
This October at the Association of Preservation Technologies International Annual Conference, announced the 2021 College of Fellows, which includes our own Mark Rabinowitz, Senior Vice President! Annually, the College of…
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Maintenance & Collections Care For Museums
Where the Structure and Associated Features, Interiors, Gardens, and Outdoor Sculpture, Are Major Components of the Collection Author: Mark Rabinowitz In historic house museums, museums housed within historic structures, and…
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Gilding the Sherman Memorial
Gilding at the Smithsonian, Washington, DC September 23, 2006 Author: Mark Rabinowitz This is not a review of a conservation treatment per se. I was not a party to the…
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Marble Conservation
The New York Public Library Statuary–Marble Deterioration & Conservation 12th International Congress on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone Columbia University, New York, NY Authors: Mark Rabinowitz & John Carr…
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Fountain Conservation
Treatment for Fountains in Tropical Environments Fountain conservation involves treating historic elements within an active, public environment whose operational needs may directly conflict with those of the preservation of the…
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Conservation of American Zinc Sculpture
Authors: Mark Rabinowitz & Carol Grissom From the mid-1850s through the early 20th century zinc statues proliferated in the United States, with a few even dedicated after World War II.…
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Aluminum: History, Technology, and Conservation
Published by the Smithsonian EverGreene is proud to announce the publication of a new volume of “Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation” series that brings together papers presented at the first-ever…
Awards
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Jefferson Memorial Roof & Portico Restoration2023Construction Risk Partners Build America Award - Building Renovation Under $20MAssociated General Contractors - National
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United States Capitol Stone Restoration - Design and Construction2022District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic PreservationDC Preservation League
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United States Capitol Stone Restoration - Design and Construction2022District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic PreservationDC Preservation League
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Jefferson Memorial2022District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic PreservationDC Preservation League
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Jefferson Memorial2022Award of ExcellenceNAIOP DC/MD
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Jefferson Memorial2022Merit Award - Government/Public Building ProjectEngineering News-Record Mid-Atlantic
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St. Andrew's Catholic Church2022Gabriella Page Preservation AwardPreservation Virginia
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Carnegie Library2020State Historic Preservation Officer's District of Columbia Award for ExcellenceDC Preservation League
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Carnegie Library2018Restoration and RenovationAmerican Architecture Awards
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Carnegie Library2020Regional Best - Award of Merit Renovation/RestorationEngineering News-Record MidAtlantic
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Carnegie Library2019Washington Contractor Award - Renovation / Restoration, $31-$50 MillionAssociated General Contractors of Washington DC
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Carnegie Library2020CRP Build America Merit Award - Building Renovation $10 – 75 MillionAssociated General Contractors of America (AGC)
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Carnegie Library2020Awards of Excellence - Best Historic RenovationNAIOP DC | MD
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Carnegie Library2020Awards of Excellence - Best of Best, BuildingsNAIOP DC | MD
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church2020Gertrude S. Carraway Award of MeritPreservation North Carolina
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Ringling Museum of Art - Ca'd'Zan2019Florida Preservation AwardsFlorida Historic Preservation Foundation
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U.S. Capitol Stone and Metal Preservation, North Extension2018Award of Merit Government/Public BuildingsEngineering News Record
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House of Representatives, Kansas State Capitol1999Preservation AwardKansas Preservation Alliance
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John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art2007Private Design Category & Best of 2007 AwardMcGraw Hill/Southeast Construction
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Egyptian Obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle", Central Park, New York, NY2015Lucy G. Moses Preservation AwardNew York Landmarks Conservancy
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Cast Stone Conservation, Flagler Memorial Monument, FL2009Outstanding Restoration of Historic Site AwardFlorida Trust For Historic Preservation
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Historic Industrial Artifacts, Allied Textile Printing, Paterson, NJ2010Historic Preservation Awards/Outstanding Public ArchaeologyPreservation New Jersey
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Stone Facade & Cuban Tile Pavings At The Coral Gables Museum2011Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Restoration/RehabilitationFlorida Trust For Historic Preservation
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Kansas State Capitol Senate Chamber, Topeka, KS2014Medallion Award for ExcellenceKansas Preservation Alliance
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Egyptian Obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle", Central Park, New York, NY2014Award For ExcellenceNYC Design Commission
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Mizner Fountain, Town Hall Square, Palm Beach, FL2018Project of the YearAmerican Public Works Association (APWA) Florida Chapter
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U.S. Capitol North Extension Stone and Metal Preservation, Washington, DC2018Best Project AwardENR MidAtlantic
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