Historic buildings are your best assets.
We help you unlock their full potential.
For 25 years, Studio TJP has guided developers, building owners, and public agencies through the complexity of historic preservation — turning regulatory requirements into design opportunity and long-term value.
25+
Years in practice
SOI
Standards fluency
NTHP
Trust Protocols
20%
Federal HTC potential
Preservation shouldn't slow a project down. Studio TJP serves as lead architect or consulting partner on commercial, institutional, and mixed-use buildings — navigating landmark designations, historic jurisdictions, and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards from the first feasibility call through certificate of occupancy.
We bring the same rigorous analysis to adaptive reuse as to ground-up design: understanding a building's original intent, its cultural and social significance, and how modern uses can coexist with — and enhance — what makes the structure worth preserving.
Historic resources consulting
Feasibility assessments, significance studies, and regulatory strategy before you commit capital.
Landmark nominations
Research, preparation, and hearing representation for Seattle and regional designations
Adaptive reuse design
Repositioning commercial buildings for new uses while honoring the original architect's vision.
Building stewardship
Long-range maintenance, capital planning, and technical preservation for historic portfolios.
Our team holds credentials as both professional Architectural Historians and Historic Architects — a combination that gives clients a single firm capable of managing research, regulatory navigation, and technical design without handing off between consultants. See FAQs for Preservation & Landmarks here.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Commercial developers | Property owners | Architecture firms | Government agencies | Nonprofits
Preservation in Practice
Studio TJP's work spans commercial adaptive reuse, institutional stewardship, and landmark advocacy — each project demonstrates how rigorous historic analysis creates tangible value for owners, developers, and the broader community.
The documentation your project needs to move forward.
Before a permit is issued, a property is acquired, or a development entitlement is granted, many projects involving older buildings require expert historic analysis. Studio TJP prepares the reports that satisfy regulators, support due diligence, and protect your project timeline.
WHY IT MATTERS
Skipping historic review — or submitting inadequate documentation — can stall permitting, trigger environmental appeals, or expose a project to federal compliance risk. Our reports are written to satisfy the agencies reviewing them, the first time.
REGULATORY & PERMITTING DOCUMENTATION
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SEPA Appendix A / Section 106 Historic Report Addenda for Master Use Permit applications
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Federal NHPA Section 106 analyses and compliance reports
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Historic structures reports, resources surveys, and significance evaluations
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Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) drawings and federal coordination
FINANCIAL & DECISION STRATEGY
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Federal Historic Tax Credit application assistance — certification and part narratives
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Local, state, and national landmark nominations
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National Register of Historic Places nominations
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Strategic counsel on designation timing relative to project entitlements
WHO TYPICALLY ENGAGES US FOR CONSULTING
Developers & owners
Due diligence before acquisition or repositioning of a potentially historic property
Architects & design teams
Embedded historic consulting on projects requiring SEPA or Section 106 clearance
Government agencies
Independent review, survey work, and compliance documentation for publicly owned assets
Nonprofits & institutions
Tax credit strategy and landmark nominations to unlock preservation funding
Studio TJP's Architectural Historians have prepared documentation accepted by the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, the National Park Service, and the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board. Our reports are grounded in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and written to withstand agency scrutiny.