Résumé

Stephen J. Day is both an architect and has had legal training, a rare combination. In his own words, "His primary professional focus is on architecture and cultural preservation." (Information furnished by Stephen Day, Jr., in an email to the author, 03/10/2023.) Day was "... awarded both architecture degrees and a J.D. degree and developed a specialized knowledge base in support of my work as a licensed architect, specializing in historic property redevelopment and restoration, historic tax credits, sustainability, etc." (See email from Stephen Day, Jr., to the author, 03/16/2023.)

Principal, Stephen Day Architecture PLLC, Seattle, WA, 2011- . "Stephen Day, AIA, registered architect in Washington State and consultant specializing in historic preservation architecture, design, historic tax credits, adaptive re-use of historic buildings, and development of sensitive historic sites. Owner and founder of Stephen Day Architecture PLLC (founded 2011), working with a wide variety of clients in the development of buildings and properties. His clients and collaborators have included governmental entities, individuals, development companies, development lenders, federal historic tax credit investors and nonprofit corporations. [He] has worked in architecture, historic properties re-development and building modern in the context of historic architecture beginning in the 1990’s, especially in Seattle and New York. He has regularly worked with the Washington State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the technical staff at the National Park Service in Washington DC regarding the rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of National Register-listed buildings." (Information furnished by Stephen Day in an email to the author, 03/10/2023.

Partner, Real Property Law Group, PLLC, Seattle, WA. In c. 2005, Day worked as an attorney and an architect. He was a member of Arctic Club LLC, an investment group that purchased Seattle's Arctic Building (1913-1917) in 06/2005.

Teaching

Teaching Assistant, Prof. Astra Zarina, University of Washington, Architecture in Rome Program, Rome, Italy, 1984-1985.

Teaching Assistant, Prof. Richard Plunz, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, New York, NY, 1986-1987.

Teaching Assistant, Prof. Steven Holl, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. New York, NY, 1987-1988.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Seattle Chapter.

Chair, AIA Seattle Chapter, Historic Preservation Committee.

Commissioner, King County Landmarks Commission, Seattle, WA. ,

Chair, King County Landmarks Design Review Committee, Seattle, WA.

Board member / Past President, The Civita Institute, a nonprofit 501.c.3 organization with a historic arts complex in central Italy. "The Civita Institute is a trade name for the Northwest Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in Italy, a Washington nonprofit corporation founded in 1981 by University of Washington Professor Emerita and architect Astra Zarina (1929-2008), with other UW faculty and prominent architects based in Seattle. Stephen Day’s work with The Civita Institute began in 2006 in a collaboration with Astra Zarina, Nancy Josephson and others at The Civita Institute in developing a transition plan and donation of Astra Zarina’s historic properties in Italy (as primary donor, along with her husband Anthony Heywood) involving the building complex that Zarina began to acquire and restore in the 1960’s, located north of Rome in the ancient hill town of Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy. Day and Nancy Josephson were each students and then full time teaching assistants to Astra Zarina in Rome in the UW Architecture in Rome programs in the early 1980’s. Stephen Day was elected president of the Civita Institute Board in 2006 and headed the 6 year-long effort to complete the transfer of properties and further development of this group of seven historic structures, with gardens, archives, and library into a nonprofit educational facility focusing on the mission: “To inspire and foster an interdisciplinary understanding of the unique qualities of Italian hill towns that remain pertinent to our contemporary experience, through the promotion of historic preservation, education and scholarly research, artistic creation, cultural exchange, and professional explorations." (Information furnished by Stephen Day in an email to the author, 03/10/2023.)

Co-founder (with Nancy Josephson), CrossCulture, WA and Italy, 2011. "[Cross Culture is] a Washington nonprofit corporation that develops professional art and architecture educational programs principally for architects, including a recurring field program series led by Day and Josephson in central Italy titled “Historic Preservation and Sustainable Design in the Etruscan Hill Towns of Central Italy.” These international programs are a collaboration with the Civita Institute in Italy and include field learning sessions approved by the American Institute of Architects for the continuing education of licensed architects. (Information furnished by Stephen Day in an email to the author, 03/10/2023.)

Stephen has written and presented on a wide variety of architecture, design, and preservation issues in conferences sponsored by various professional groups including: The National Trust for Historic Preservation, American Planning Association (APA), Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, Main Street America, American Bar Association (ABA), and American Institute of Architects (AIA). (Information furnished by Stephen Day in an email to the author, 03/10/2023. Thank you very much to him.)

College

B.Arch, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, 1984.

M.Arch., Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, New York, NY, 1988.

J.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1997. In his own words, "Day added a Juris Doctor degree to his professional credentials to better navigate the complex world of historic properties regulation, acquisition, and development, and utilization of complex federal tax credits incentives in restoring heritage buildings. His primary professional focus is on architecture and cultural preservation." (Information furnished by Stephen Day in an email to the author, 03/10/2023.)

College Awards

Recipient, Kinne Traveling Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1988.

Parents

His father was Stephen J. Day, Sr. (born 1915 in Chicago, IL-d -2013);, his mother, Catherine L. Burgess (born 1925 in Logansport, IN-d. 2015).

Spouse

Stephen Day, Jr., wed Nancy R. Josephson (born 1953) in 1986. Nancy Josephson earned a BA Architecture from the University of Washington in 1985 and Master of Architecture from Columbia University in 1988. She became a teaching assistant to Prof. Astra Zarina in Rome. She has also served as President of the Board of the Civita Institute.

Children

He and Nancy had two daughters, Anna Josephson-Day (born 1989) and Audrey Josephson-Day (born 1996).

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