Kimberly Butt

Kim is a preservation architect, architectural historian, and principal. Fascinated by the stories historic structures and cultural resources represent, Kim helps building owners and stakeholders seize the opportunity to protect and enhance their properties. With more than 25 years of experience, she guides her clients through the historic preservation process to develop architectural solutions that respect the history of both people and place while preparing for the future.

Kim has documented, evaluated, restored, and rehabilitated historic buildings throughout California and the Pacific Northwest. She has provided architectural planning and design services for large, iconic structures such as the California State Capitol, the Jesse Unruh Building, and the San Francisco German Consulate Complex, as well as smaller, yet just as treasured, facilities such as the Murphy Windmill, the Point Cabrillo Light Station, and the Suisun Train Depot.

As an architectural historian, Kim is passionate about exploring the history of culture and place and has prepared National Register nominations, Historic American Buildings Survey documentation, and historic resource evaluations for properties such as Kaiser Hospital at the Rosie the Riveter World War II/Home Front National Historical Park, the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Frank Hagel Federal Building, Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park, and Crockett Veteran’s Memorial Hall.

Kim currently serves on the City of Richmond, CA Design Review Board. She was previously a member of the Richmond Historic Preservation Advisory Committee for 16 years. She holds a Master of Science in Architecture from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Arkansas.