Richard Heisenbottle
Richard J. Heisenbottle, FAIA is the founding Principal and President of R.J. Heisenbottle Architects, PA and Sanford Waterfront Partners, LLC.
Heisenbottle has been an architect for over 45 years.
His background focuses on numerous large-scale commercial, residential, hotel, historic restoration and adaptive reuse projects with emphasis on governmental, educational, and theatrical facilities both in Miami and New York. After serving as Project Manager for the I.M. Pei & Partners designed Centrust Tower, in 1987, he formed his own firm and has been responsible for numerous award-winning projects throughout the eastern United States. He is a registered architect in 3 states and holds NCARB accreditation. He was accorded the Silver Medal for Design from the AIA Miami in 2003. He was elected to the AIA College of Fellows in February 2005.
Today, Mr. Heisenbottle’s firm is well known in the State of Florida for the restoration of some of the area’s oldest landmarks including the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Gusman Center for the Performing Arts,[1] The Colony Theater, the Freedom Tower and the Miami Edison Middle School. He has served as President of AIA Miami and Dade Heritage Trust, the area’s largest historic preservation organization. He also served as a member of the City of Miami’s Historic Preservation Board for over 10 years and the Coral Gables Historic Preservation Board for 2 years. As an alumnus of the University of Miami, he remains active in the School of Architecture serving on the Executive Committee Board of Advisors for the School’s Masters in Real Estate Development + Urbanism program. He also serves as a board member of the Coral Gables Museum.
Mr. Heisenbottle’s projects have been publicized in Architectural Record, the Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald, Florida Caribbean Architect and Preservation Today Magazine. He has received numerous awards for Excellence in Architecture from the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects, and the Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. In 1998 he won a National Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He has also been the recipient of numerous Outstanding Preservation Project Awards from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. An avid voice for Historic Preservation, Heisenbottle has spoken out against moving certain historic structures.[2]
Heisenbottle is leading a development project in Sanford, Florida called Heritage Park, which is a design for a 235-unit mixed-use development located on three city blocks in historic downtown Sanford, Florida.[3] The firm’s most recent notable historic preservation projects include the Miami Marine Stadium Restoration; David W. Dyer U.S. Courthouse Renovation, Restoration and Adaptive Reuse; Surf Club Four Season Hotel restoration; Carl Fisher Clubhouse Restoration; and the Shrine Building / Boulevard Shops Restoration and Adaptive Reuse. He is once again serving as Preservation Architect for the National Landmark Freedom Tower in downtown Miami.
Mr. Heisenbottle was the main preservation architect for the Belleview-Biltmore Hotel, completed restoration plans for the Coconut Grove Playhouse, the Trapp Homestead and the Wagner Homestead / Lummus Park in downtown Miami.
References
- ↑ "Member News". Florida Caribbean Architect (Fall 2001).
- ↑ "Billionaire Ken Griffin Wants to Move a Historic Home Off His Miami Property. Preservationists Aren't Happy". Wall Street Journal. 2023-02-02.
- ↑ "$55M Lakefront Catalyst Site Project 'Heritage Park' Receives Site Plan Approval". Historic Downtown Sanford. 27 July 2020.
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