Marilyn Kaplan, RA, FAPT
Marilyn Kaplan founded Preservation Architecture in 1990. Trained as an Architect and Building Scientist, Ms. Kaplan is an expert in the application of codes (fire, building safety, and energy) to historic structures. Ms. Kaplan has directed scores of projects, many of which are publicly-funded, ranging from project planning through construction, and has served other design professionals as a historic preservation or code consultant. Volunteer efforts include consistent service to a local, neighborhood housing corporation and other community efforts.
Ms. Kaplan has long provided state and national leadership on the topic of next generation construction codes for historic and other existing buildings. She serves as co-chair of the Technical Committee on Codes and Standards of the Association for Preservation Technology International, and as a member of the International Code Council’s Group B International Existing Building Code (IEBC) Development Committee for the 2021-2022 code development cycle.
Getty Foundation, Conservation Guest Scholar. 2022
Pocantico Center Preservation Fellowship (Rockefeller Brothers Fund & National Trust for Historic Preservation), “Advanced Codes for Historic Buildings.” 2019
National Code Summit Co-Chair, Association for Preservation Technology. 2019
James Marston Fitch Fellowship: New Codes for Old Buildings. 2006
Quinque Fellowship: Fire Protection at Scottish Historic Sites. 2004
Co-author, with John M. Watts, Jr. Fire-Safe Building Rehabilitation, NFPA. 2003
Participant (NPS representative): International Existing Building Code Committee. 2000
Draft National Historic Building Code: (with Fire Safety Institute for APTI and NPS). 2000
NPS Training Manual: Fire Safety, Codes and Heritage Preservation (Fire Safety Institute). 2000
Pew Charitable Trusts, Program Assessments: Philadelphia Intervention Fund. 1997, 2000
“History of Building Codes,” Master’s Thesis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 1996
Marilyn E. Kaplan, Preservation Architecture is certified as a WBE through the New York State Empire State Development’s Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) certification program; and the New York State Department of Transportation as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) for federal projects.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
President/Founding Board Member, Historic Preservation Education Foundation
Fellow, Association for Preservation Technology International
Co-chair, Association for Preservation Technology Technical Code Committee
Commissioner, City of Albany Historic Resources Commission
Architectural Assessor, Collections Assessment for Preservation Program, Foundation for Advancement in Conservation
Advisory Committee/Past Board Member/Secretary, Historic Albany Foundation
PREVIOUS
Board Member/Past President/Founding Member, Association of Preservation Technology Northeast Chapter
Member, National Fire Protection Association, Committee on Cultural Resources
Board Member, Historic Eastfield Foundation
Chair, National Park Service Conference on Historic Building Codes, March 2003
National Park Service Conference Planning Committees, 1997 and 2000 Preserving the Recent Past Conferences; 1999 Historic Roofing Conference; 1986 & 1997 Historic Windows Conferences; 1990 & 1993 Historic Interiors Conferences; 2004 and 2007 Historic Building Code Conferences.
Board Member, US Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites
Panel Member, Rural New York Grant Program; Preservation League of New York State; NYS Council on the Arts - Architecture, Planning and Design
EDUCATION
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Architecture, M.S. Building Science
Syracuse University, School of Architecture, B. Architecture
State University of New York at Albany