STUDIO RxP

Studio RxP is a multi-disciplinary preservation consulting firm that supports heritage stewardship at every stage. We work with diverse stewards of varying types—public, private, nonprofit, tribal, and descendant communities—to plan and manage heritage preservation from acquisition and inheritance through succession and recovery. We specialize in community engaged research and redress of chronic risks and acute threats to cultural resources, and building capacity for heritage preservation.

STUDIO RxP IN BRIEF

The work of Studio RxP brings research on threats to real estate in the past to bear on the most pressing concerns for their future. Studio RxP specializes in linking cultural heritage and community assets to capital and caretakers—from governmental stakeholders to grassroots stewards. We produce preservation plans and perform heritage surveys for communities and institutions of every type and scale.

Customized to Client and Context

The “we” in our work is always context and client specific to ensure our advice and actions meet the needs of the place, the problem, and the people at hand. “Collaboration” is the modus operandi of everything we do—from contracting experts with specific expertise and tools to “consultation” with parties knowledgeable about the heritage to be preserved and protected. Our on-demand organization structure not only makes us cost-efficient, it drives our ability to meet project needs effectively.

Our Specialities

HISTORICAL & ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH.

As a result, we specialize in—and are known for—the mixed methods research needed to identify, nominate, evaluate, and mitigate adverse effects to Black, Indigenous, and immigrant heritage. Our methodologies and technologies vary from archival research to oral history, GIS mapping to photogammetry, and our experience .

HERITAGE IDENTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION. We’re experienced in producing various regulated outputs, including Historic Context Statements, Reconnaissance and Intensive-Level Surveys of Cultural Resources and Cultural Landscapes, and nominations to the NRHP and NHL. We do not, however, design or engage in archaeological surveys.

NAT’L, STATE & LOCAL NOMINATIONS. Listing on the National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks; Updates to older NRHP and NHL nominations; Local and State heritage inventories and registrations nominations also

PRESERVATION PLANNING (Including but not limited to NHPA SECTION 106): Determinations of NRHP Eligibility and APE (Areas of Potential Effect) and Mitigation Plans for federal undertakings

COMMUNITY & TRIBAL COLLABORATION (“CONSULTATION”). We have extensive experience serving as “consulting parties” and ensuring the preservation practices of others consult diverse stakeholders and knowledge bearers. Our work includes tribal consultations protected by non-disclosure agreements as well as facilitation of community engagements publicized by media outlets.

RxP@U

Active since 2019, StudioRxP@U engages individuals employed and/or educated by academic institutions to support heritage stewardship by nonprofits, low-margin business owners, tribal governments, low-to-moderate income communities, and others shortchanged in heritage economies. Emergent and experienced design, development, planning and preservation professionals support cultural resources management and preservation planning with cutting-edge historical, architectural, and archaeological research of intangible and tangible heritage. RxP@U projects are typically grant-supported by universities or foundations as a result of our grant writing in collaboration with the partner organization or funding budgeted by the partner organization. RxP@U can serve as a fiscal sponsor of funding for stewards as-yet unincorporated as a nonprofit.

Our Reach / Reach Out

StudioRxP has built capacity, generated revenue, protected heritage, and made a historical impact on sprawling settlements and singular spaces of New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Massachusetts. We welcome inquiries about heritage preservation and cultural resources management elsewhere in North America. We work wherever the built environment and the organizations responsible for it would benefit from prescriptions for sustainability and viability.