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Andrew Wolfram

AIA

Principal Consultant

Insightful. Proactive. Inspiring. Compassionate.

    • Team Building and Alignment

    • Role Clarity and Accountability

    • Marketing and Business Development Team Development

    • Strategic Planning

    • Organizational Development

    • Leadership Training

    • Leadership Assessment

Andrew is a certified integral coach at Cameron MacAllister Group. Integral coaching promotes the development of the whole person—mind, body, and spirit.

He helps his coaching clients connect with what matters most to them and then creates an action plan based on those qualities and priorities. Andrew especially enjoys working with individuals seeking personal or professional growth. He is skilled in facilitating effective communication, fostering healthy team dynamics, and finding creative approaches to complex situations.

Prior to this, Andrew worked for over 35 years as an architect, serving as a Principal at Perkins+Will and TEF Design in San Francisco. His work focused on large-scale historic preservation and adaptive reuse projects, leading the transformation of some of the Bay Area’s most iconic landmarks, including the Ferry Building, the Presidio Landmark, and 140 New Montgomery Street. He continues as a Consulting Principal with TEF, where he helped establish educational and mentorship programs. His passion for mentoring young designers and future leaders within the firm led him to integral coaching.

“I am drawn to helping people tap into their inner strengths and potential and, in the process, discover joy, purpose, engagement, and excitement.”

Andrew is involved in many community activities, including serving as President of the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission and as a member of the Design Review Board for the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.

He received his coaching training at New Ventures West in San Francisco, where he is now part of the faculty. He is also an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Andrew studied architecture at Columbia University in New York, earning both a BA and a Master of Architecture. Since 2022, he has been based in Milan, Italy. He speaks English, Italian, and Polish.

    • Embracing Social Responsibility at Perkins+Will, American Institute of Architects: Practice Management Digest, November 2011

    • Hidden Treasures: Analysis and Research are Keys to a Successful Sustainable Renovation Project, Environmental Design and Construction, June 2010

    • The Technical Challenges of Preserving Modern Buildings, arcCA, Issue #3, 2006

    • “Preservation Challenges of Postmodern Buildings: Kresge College” Beyer Blinder Belle Postmodernism – Complexity and Conservation Webinar Series, 2021

    • “How to successfully use the California Historical Building Code: Lessons from the Mission Armory”, California Preservation Foundation Webinar, 2020

    • “Learning from the Netherlands”, SPUR Lecture, 2017

    • “CEQA From a Commissioner's Perspective”, California Preservation Foundation Webinar, 2018

    • “Modernism on the Brink: Assessing Threats to Modern Buildings and Landscapes,” Gateways to Preservation: New Frontiers, California Preservation Foundation Conference, San Diego, CA, 2015

    • “Looking Ahead: Improving the Performance of Preservation and Striving for Sustainability,” California Preservation Foundation Workshop, Sacramento, CA, 2015

    • “Transformative Adaptations: Finding a New Life for Old Buildings,” Invited Lecture, Diablo Valley College, Walnut Creek, CA, 2014

    • “Presidio Officers’ Club Rehabilitation: Integrity Over the Centuries,” California Preservation Foundation Workshop, San Francisco, CA, 2014

    • “San Francisco Regulations and Design Guidelines for Realtors,” California Preservation Foundation Webinar, 2014

    • “Integrity in Modern Landscapes and Structures,” California Preservation Foundation Workshop, Sacramento, CA, 2014

    • “Design Roundtable: The Process of Review,” Redefining Preservation: Dialogues and Directions in Cultural Heritage, California Preservation Foundation Conference, Asilomar, CA, 2014

    • “Creative Transformations: The Secrets of Successful Adaptive Reuse,” Invited Lecture, San Francisco Design Center Student Forum, 2013

    • “The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards from a Facility Management Perspective,” California Preservation Foundation Workshop, San Francisco, CA, 2012

    • “Design Roundtable: Tending the Crop,” New Growth: Cultivating Communities, California Preservation Foundation Conference, Oakland, CA, 2012

    • “Pruning a Hospital to Grow Apartments at the Presidio of San Francisco,” New Growth: Cultivating Communities, California Preservation Foundation Conference, Oakland, CA, 2012

    • “Rehabilitation of the Sacramento Southern Pacific Depot: Keeping a Multi-Phase Project on the Right Track,” Association for Preservation Technology Conference, Denver, CO, 2010

    • “Adaptive Reuse: A Major Focus in Today’s Economy,” CREW Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2010

    • “The Presidio Landmark: A Development Case Study,” USC Lusk Center, Ross Program in Real Estate, San Francisco, CA, 2010

    • “Forgotten Modern Masters,” San Francisco Architectural Heritage Lecture Series, San Francisco, CA, 2010

    • “The San Francisco Ferry Building: A Sustainable Success Story,” Business for Social Responsibility Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2009

    • “From Ranch House Tracts to Superblocks: Preserving Modern Housing,”
      The Culture of Leisure: Rethinking the California Dream California Preservation Foundation Conference, Palm Springs, CA, 2009

    • “Public Private Partnerships: Risks and Rewards,” National AIA Convention, San Francisco, CA, 2009

    • “Connecting People with the Waterfront: Piers 27–31 Case Study,” International Waterfront Conference, Liverpool, UK, 2008

    • “Modern Architecture of the San Francisco Bay Area,” Invited Lecture, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA, 2008

    • “The Modern Movement - San Francisco,” Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2006

    • “The Development of the Second Bay Region Style,” Invited Lecture, AIA San Francisco Chapter, 2006

    • “Lesser-known Modern Architects of the Bay Area,” California Preservation Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2004

    • “Threats to our Modern Heritage,” Invited Lecture, AIA Santa Clara Valley Chapter, 2003

    • “The Development of Modern Architecture in the Bay Area,” Invited Lecture, AIA San Francisco Chapter, 2000

    • “The Origins of Modernism in the Bay Area,” Invited Lecture,
      Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 2000

    • “Social Housing in America: the Co-opting of Modernist Innovation,” Invited lecture, California College of Arts and Crafts, 1998

    • “Social Housing in New York: The Standardization of Innovation,” DOCOMOMO International Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1998

    • “Preserving the PSFS Building,” Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, 1998

    • “Is It In or Is It Out: Landmarking Modern Buildings in New York,” DOCOMOMO International Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1996

    • Practice Management Digest, November 2011

    • “The Technical Challenges of Preserving Modern Buildings,” arcCA,
      Issue #3, 2006

    • Lee, Joseph and Wolfram, Andrew. “Hidden Treasures: Analysis and Research are Keys to a Successful Sustainable Renovation Project,” Environmental Design and Construction, June 2010

  • Certified Coach at ACC Level, International Coaching Federation, expires July 2029

    Certified Integral Coach, New Ventures West, Issued September 2022

    California Licensed Architect C27838

    New York  Licensed Architect 022742

    LEED Accredited Professional

    California Safety Assessment Program, CA DSW Volunteer 77169

  • 2013 San Francisco Business Times Deal of the Year Awards
    Juror

    2012 California Preservation Foundation Design Awards
    Juror

    2010 AIA Virginia Preservation Design Awards
    Juror

    2009 San Francisco Planning Department Working Group on Articles 10 and 11

    2008 San Francisco Planning Department Advisory Panel on Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Barriers

  • 2005-present      Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco, Member

    2004-present      San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Member

    2000-present      SPUR, San Francisco, CA, Member

    2000-present      San Francisco Architectural Heritage, Member

    1996-present      DOCOMOMO International, Member

    1994-present      American Institute of Architects (AIA), Member

  • 2020-2025 Bay Conservation and Development Commission

    • Design Review Board Member

    2009-2019 San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission, San Francisco, CA

    • President, 2014-2019

    • Vice-President, 2012-2014

    • Commissioner, 2009-2012

     2014-2022 Lambda Alpha International, Golden Gate Chapter, San Francisco, CA

    • Past President and Board Member, 2020-present

    • President, 2017-2019

    • Vice-President, Programs Chair, and Annual Gala Committee Chair, 2014-2016

    • Programs Co-Chair, 2013-2015

     2013-2022 California Preservation Foundation

    • Co-chair, Preservation Design Awards, 2019-present

    • Trustee, 2015-2018

    • Education Program Committee, 2013-2015

     2004-2009 DOCOMOMO US, Northern California Chapter

    • President

    1996-2001 DOCOMOMO US, New York, NY

    • Secretary and Director

  • 2007 California Preservation Foundation Conference, Hollywood, CA

    • Conference Planning Committee

    2006  California Preservation Foundation Conference, Sacramento, CA

    • Conference Planning Committee

    2004 DOCOMOMO International Conference, New York, NY

    • Conference Planning Committee

  • 2012 “San Francisco Waterfront Revival,” International Greenbuild Conference,
    San Francisco, CA

    2012 “Mid-Century Modern Diamond Heights,” AIA-SF Architecture + the City Festival, San Francisco, CA

    2010 “A New Neighborhood in a National Park,” AIA-SF Architecture + the City Festival, San Francisco, CA

    2009 “The Mid-Century City: Modernism on Cathedral Hill,” AIA-SF Architecture + the City Festival, San Francisco, CA

    2009 “The Many Facets of Diamond Heights,” DOCOMOMO North American Tour Day, San Francisco, CA

    2008 “Exploring Mid-Century Downtown San Francisco,” AIA SF Architecture + the City Festival, San Francisco, CA

    2008 “Greenwood Common: A Modern Enclave,” Docomomo 10th Anniversary Tour, Berkeley, CA

  • Editor, DOCOMOMO US Newsletter, 1999

  • Fluent

    • English

    • Italian

    • Polish

    Reading proficiency

    • French

    • Portuguese