Draft:David Carnivale

David John J. Carnivale (born April 29, 1958) is an architect, preservationist, author, and artist known for his traditional methods of drafting. He is the author of The Affordable House, which was the second book to appear cover-to-cover on the internet (March 1996), featured on the web's first architectural website The Affordable House. Since 2005 it has been published by BookSurge.com.

Carnivale is credited with helping preserve the 1678 Lakeman-Cortelyou-Taylor House in New Dorp, Staten Island, one of Staten Island's oldest surviving houses. In 2005, he stopped the demolition of the 1825 Seaman Cottage which was instead relocated to Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island. Carnivale has also been active in helping a number of other notable Staten Island structures become designated as landmarks, and for his efforts has won a number of preservation awards. His architectural practice to date has produced plans to approximately 500 projects, including a planned new community and an airport, both in Tennessee, as well as residences in two dozen states and many Manhattan commercial projects.

For his preservation work, Carnivale received the Grassroots Preservation Award next month from the Historic Districts Council in 2009.

Awards

 * Preservation League of Staten Island Awards in 2002, 2005 and 2006.
 * The Loring McMillen Award for Restoration 2005 given by The Staten Island Historical Society.
 * Four Borough Neighborhood Preservation Alliances.
 * Neighborhood Preservation Award 2008 Historic Districts Council Grassroots Preservation Award, 2009}.