B.Arch., University of Virginia; M.E.D., Yale University

Peyton Hall is a recognized expert in issues of historic preservation. As Managing Principal of Historic Resources Group, he has been the lead preservation consultant for the preservation of The Gamble House since 1997. His work includes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Angels Flight Railway, the Rose Bowl, 12 buildings at El Pueblo (Olvera Street), and Grauman’s Chinese and Egyptian Theatres. Professor Hall teaches short courses in historic preservation in the USC summer program as well as courses in the graduate certificate and degree program in historic preservation. He has presented at the national conferences of the American Institute of Architects, Association for Preservation Technology International, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Society of Architectural Historians, the League of Historic American Theatres, and the Theatre Historical Society. His projects have received awards from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the California Preservation Foundation, the Los Angeles Conservancy, and the American Institute of Architects. He is one of five Advisors who lead the national AIA's Historic Resources Committee, on the Dean's Advisory Board of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, and a member of the Los Angeles Mayor's Design Advisory Panel. He is President Emeritus of the California Preservation Foundation and former Chair of the board of directors of Pasadena Heritage. He is a contributing author to Design and Historic Preservation, The Challenge of Compatibility.