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New York created an official Department of Architecture in 1914, during Pilcher's service. [2] In California, the Office of the State Architect (now Division of the State Architect) was created by the Field Act, which authorized the new office to develop design standards and quality control procedures for architectural work. George Sellon was ...
The Office of the State Architect and Engineer, also known informally as the State Architect's Office (SAO), was created as an office in the Department or Highways and Public Works by the Administrative Reorganization Act of 1921. The history of Ohio Public Works can be traced to shortly after the state was admitted to the Union in 1803, making ...
The CALGreen 2010 Code was adopted by the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC), the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), the Division of the State Architect (DSA) within the California Department of General Services, and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) within the California ...
The Field Act is a California state law that mandates earthquake-resistant construction for public school buildings.The Field Act was one of the first pieces of legislation in the United States to mandate earthquake-resistant construction, and had its genesis in the 6.4 magnitude 1933 Long Beach earthquake which occurred on March 10 of that year and destroyed or rendered unsafe 230 school ...
By June, the bill had cleared the California State Senate and went back to the assembly for a vote to concur in the senate's minor amendments to the bill, which Marks indicated would follow in due course. [5] By September, Governor Brown had signed the bill into state law and had started to appoint officials to positions in the new department. [6]
[1]: 110–112 Johnston continued as State Architect until 1931, when the State Division of Construction was dissolved. Johnston was also architect for the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and drew plans for all the new buildings constructed on campus during his tenure.
George C. Sellon (February 2, 1881—October 13, 1954) [1] was the first state architect of California.He resigned as State Architect on May 1, 1909 after the legislature passed a resolution to prevent him from working on his own designs and from bringing in private commissions as State Architect. [2]
In February 1928, Haugaard was appointed as the State Architect for the State of New York. [1] [3] He served as state architect from 1928 until 1944 and designed numerous state office buildings, prisons, hospitals, and schools, including Attica State Prison. [4] His works included a dozen armories during that period. [5] [6]