Mark Rabinowitz
AIC-Fellow | FAAR | FAPT
President
+1 301 943 8249

Mark 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.

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Awards

  • Jefferson Memorial Roof & Portico Restoration
    2023
    Construction Risk Partners Build America Award - Building Renovation Under $20M
    Associated General Contractors - National
    View Project
  • United States Capitol Stone Restoration - Design and Construction
    2022
    District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation
    DC Preservation League
    View Project
  • United States Capitol Stone Restoration - Design and Construction
    2022
    District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation
    DC Preservation League
    View Project
  • Jefferson Memorial
    2022
    District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation
    DC Preservation League
    View Project
  • Jefferson Memorial
    2022
    Award of Excellence
    NAIOP DC/MD
    View Project
  • Jefferson Memorial
    2022
    Merit Award - Government/Public Building Project
    Engineering News-Record Mid-Atlantic
    View Project
  • St. Andrew's Catholic Church
    2022
    Gabriella Page Preservation Award
    Preservation Virginia
  • Carnegie Library
    2020
    State Historic Preservation Officer's District of Columbia Award for Excellence
    DC Preservation League
    View Project
  • By Difference engine
    Carnegie Library
    2018
    Restoration and Renovation
    American Architecture Awards
    View Project
  • By Difference engine
    Carnegie Library
    2020
    Regional Best - Award of Merit Renovation/Restoration
    Engineering News-Record MidAtlantic
    View Project
  • By Difference engine
    Carnegie Library
    2019
    Washington Contractor Award - Renovation / Restoration, $31-$50 Million
    Associated General Contractors of Washington DC
    View Project
  • By Difference engine
    Carnegie Library
    2020
    CRP Build America Merit Award - Building Renovation $10 – 75 Million
    Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
    View Project
  • By Difference engine
    Carnegie Library
    2020
    Awards of Excellence - Best Historic Renovation
    NAIOP DC | MD
    View Project
  • By Difference engine
    Carnegie Library
    2020
    Awards of Excellence - Best of Best, Buildings
    NAIOP DC | MD
    View Project
  • Main entrance after restoration. Credit Joseph K. Oppermann Architects.
    St. Paul's Episcopal Church
    2020
    Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit
    Preservation North Carolina
    View Project
  • Ringling Museum of Art - Ca'd'Zan
    2019
    Florida Preservation Awards
    Florida Historic Preservation Foundation
    View Project
  • U.S. Capitol Stone and Metal Preservation, North Extension
    2018
    Award of Merit Government/Public Buildings
    Engineering News Record
    View Project
  • House of Representatives, Kansas State Capitol
    1999
    Preservation Award
    Kansas Preservation Alliance
    View Project
  • John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
    2007
    Private Design Category & Best of 2007 Award
    McGraw Hill/Southeast Construction
    View Project
  • Egyptian Obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle", Central Park, New York, NY
    2015
    Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award
    New York Landmarks Conservancy
    View Project
  • Cast Stone Conservation, Flagler Memorial Monument, FL
    2009
    Outstanding Restoration of Historic Site Award
    Florida Trust For Historic Preservation
    View Project
  • Historic Industrial Artifacts, Allied Textile Printing, Paterson, NJ
    2010
    Historic Preservation Awards/Outstanding Public Archaeology
    Preservation New Jersey
    View Project
  • Stone Facade & Cuban Tile Pavings At The Coral Gables Museum
    2011
    Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Restoration/Rehabilitation
    Florida Trust For Historic Preservation
    View Project
  • Kansas State Capitol Senate Chamber, Topeka, KS
    2014
    Medallion Award for Excellence
    Kansas Preservation Alliance
    View Project
  • Egyptian Obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle", Central Park, New York, NY
    2014
    Award For Excellence
    NYC Design Commission
    View Project
  • Mizner Fountain, Town Hall Square, Palm Beach, FL
    2018
    Project of the Year
    American Public Works Association (APWA) Florida Chapter
    View Project
  • U.S. Capitol North Extension Stone and Metal Preservation, Washington, DC
    2018
    Best Project Award
    ENR MidAtlantic
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Projects

DC Police Memorial Fountain - John J. Earley
Jim Sanborn Sculpture "Pyramids"
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Interior Restoration
SORA Hotel Firehouse Consultation and Decorative Finish Mockups
University of Michigan Ruthven Hall Bronze Doors
Dubuffet Sculpture Treatment & Relocation
George Fink Studio Assessment
St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Pietro Tacca Fountain
South Extension - House of Representatives Wing
Soldier at Picket Restoration
Dumbarton House Garden Niche
Homer's Lyre
Lockwood House
Rye Meeting House
U.S. Public Health Service Building
Pergola Dome Restoration
NASc Einstein Sculpture Maintenance
Memorial Belltower Tablet
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Metronome - One Union Square
Stone & Metal Maintenance Manual
USNA Gate II
Jefferson Memorial
Jacksonville Public Art Assessment
Brooklyn Navy Yard Building B
Orton Hall Extension Envelope Assessment
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Bridge
Minnesota State Capitol Quadriga
Federal Building Limestone Facade Assessment
Vanguard II and Vanguard III Satellites
Macy's Eagle Base
Metals Inventory & Conservation Study
West Virginia State Capitol Sculptures
Coral Gables Lampposts
Dumbarton Oaks Outdoor Assessment
Taft Bridge Lamposts
First Bank Tympanum
National Air & Space Museum Aircraft
Lipton Cup
Art Museum Gallery Wood Floor Restoration
Model & Genius of America Sculpture
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Valley Forge Paint Analysis
Fleischmann Fountain
Emancipation Proclamation & Bethune Monuments
Buchanan Memorial & Serenity Statue
Cheekwood Fountain Treatment
Cornice Treatment
South Extension Pediment Sculpture
North Extension Pediment Sculpture
Jenny Holzer Art Installation Relocation
Swimming Pool Grotto Protection
Marymoor Park Wooden Sculptures
Carnegie Library Façade Restoration
Rubens Gallery
Atlas Statue
Kansas State Capitol House & Senate Chambers
Kansas State Capitol
Light Dispelling Darkness Fountain
David Statue
Masonry Study At Former U.S. President Residence
Venus de' Medici Sculpture
War & Peace Sculpture Replicas
Ringling Museum of Art - Ca' d'Zan
Historic Stone Fireplace Mantels
Iwo Jima Monument
Carnegie Library
Ringling Museum of Art Historic Lanterns Treatment
McMillan Slow Sand Filtration Plant
Ringling Museum of Art Service Gates
Clement Meadmore's Curls Sculpture
Miami Beach Community Church Paint Analysis
Baron von Ripper Mural
Iron Gates Assessment
Hot Springs Bathhouse
Miami Beach Community Church Assessment
RMS Titanic Eccentric Strap
Iwo Jima Monument Assessment
St. Thomas Altar
Saturn V Rocket Conservation & Display
Central Park Statuary Collection
Fort Christian
Central Park Egyptian Obelisk
Biltmore Estate Outdoor Sculpture Collection
Kansas State Capitol Architectural Metal
Sherman Memorial
Riverside Church
Art Deco Lead Fountain
Lead Sculptures Collection
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
Isamu Noguchi's Slide Mantra Sculpture
Gabriel Loire Windows
Ximenez-Fatio House Museum
North Extension - Senate Wing
Washington Square Arch
Mizner Fountain
North & South Stair Metalwork
Neptune Fountain
Allied Textile Printing
Kansas State Capitol Senate Chamber
Tiffany's Daffodil Terrace & Fireplace
Flagler Memorial Monument
Coral Gables Museum
18th Century Brass Graphometer