Norman Alston Resume

Text Box: Summary of Experience: Mr. Alston provides clients and their projects with extensive expertise in programming, planning and design while also having a very solid background in the technical aspects of architecture and construction. A significant part of his practice for the last fifteen years has focused in the field of historic preservation. In that time, he has become one of Texas’ most experienced preservation architects. Mr Alston is qualified under the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards 36 CFR 61 for historic architecture. He has prepared HABS/HAER documentation on more than 25 structures, undertaken large inventories of historic properties, designed historic property databases, developed design guidelines, and has conducted numerous assessments and restorations consistent with the provisions of the Secretary of the Interiors Standards. Mr. Alston is a frequent lecturer on architectural subjects and has made presentations at the request of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Building Officials Association of Texas, the Texas Association of Museums, the National Association of Church Facilities Managers, the Council for Educational Facilities Planners and the Dallas Museum of Art. He also authored a chapter on hospital emergency facility design for the book Emergency Department Design, published by the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is a former two-term member of the City of Dallas Landmark Commission.

Text Box: N O R M A N A L S T O N Principal Registered Architect: State of Texas # 9280 Bachelor of Architecture, 1978 The University of Texas at Austin