James Kienle
Director Of Historic Preservation Design Studio
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolJames Kienle is a veteran preservation architect with a 35+ year career leading the design and revitalization of historic structures, campuses, Main Streets, and urban neighborhoods. As Director of the Historic Preservation Design Studio at Moody Nolan, he directs multi-office projects that blend contemporary interventions within historic contexts and has overseen work on landmark public buildings including multiple state capitols and the Old Executive Office Building. Known for forging paths in preservation through hands-on design, master planning, and rigorous historic structure assessments, he has led award-winning adaptive reuse projects from theaters and depots to large institutional facilities. His track record spans leadership roles from founding his own practice to serving as National Director of Historic Preservation at HNTB, demonstrating both entrepreneurial initiative and large-firm program management. Based in Indianapolis, he mentors emerging preservation professionals and brings a practical, context-sensitive approach informed by decades of on-the-ground restoration experience. Less obvious: alongside deep preservation expertise he integrates urban design thinking to ensure historic projects contribute to broader neighborhood revitalization.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bach Arch, Architecture, Bach Arch, Architecture at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (98)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kienleholdings/zephyr
May 2020 - Apr 2022
Kienle Holdings Design System Monorepo
Contributions:93 PRs, 133 pushes, 94 branches in 1 year 11 months
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kienleholdings/floodgates
Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
CLI to Help Manage Git Flow and Releases
Contributions:2 releases, 6 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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