Françoise Bollack, AIA, DESA, is a registered architect with over 30 years of experience in architectural design, historic preservation, adaptive reuse and interior design. Since 1990, Bollack has also been an adjunct Associate Professor of Historic Preservation in Columbia University’s GSAPP.

Bollack received her degree in Architecture at the Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris. She was President of the Historic Districts Council from 2011 to 2014. She has served at the City and State levels of the AIA and on the boards of Landmark West! and of the Architectural League. Françoise Bollack Architects is a member of the Professional Circle of the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Recent publications include Old Buildings – New Forms: New Directions in Architectural Transformations (Monacelli Press, 2013). Defining Appropriateness was published in 2015 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Landmarks Law.

The restoration of the facade of the LGBT Center won awards form the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the Victorian Society of America and the Municipal Art Society.