WHAT WE OFFER
Award-winning architecture and engineering services focused on the preservation of historic buildings, sites, and cultural landscapes.
Below you will find an overview of the services we provide to a diverse array of clientele. Please contact us to learn more about how we can help you.
ARCHITECTURE
Architectural preservation design services involve assessing, planning, and executing the sensitive restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings. We focus on maintaining authenticity while integrating modern needs. Our team utilizes research and our technical expertise to specify appropriate repair for facades, masonry, woodwork and finishes, while adhering to the local, state, and federal historic preservation guidelines.
Do no harm by designing reversible interventions, is integral to our practice.
ENGINEERING
Structural engineering preservation design services begin with an assessment and thorough understanding of historic buildings’ unique construction. Our team designs minimal, compatible interventions to ensure safety and longevity while respecting architectural authenticity, focusing on structural integrity, material compatibility, and integrating modern needs discreetly. This specialized field balances preserving cultural significance with meeting contemporary building codes for accessibility and safety, often through detailed condition analysis, historic research, and innovative, reversible repair solutions. Our team has structurally stabilized all building types, including private residences, retaining walls, and sculptures.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Preservation Project Management and Owner’s Representative services offer expert planning, coordination, and oversight for cultural, historical, and preservation projects by ensuring compliance with preservation standards. Our team also manages bids, budgets and timelines, selecting contractors, and overseeing construction/restoration projects. Our team leverages technology for detailed condition tracking, all to extend the life and integrity of significant resources. Our goal is the project receives high-quality work with adherence to preservation best practices with cost-effective solutions. We also identify and resolve issues in complex environments, as well as assisting clients with projects that receive grant funds (local, state,and federal).
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Identify, evaluate, protect, and help maintain historic buildings, sites, and cultural landscapes through research, documentation, and analysis. Recognizing character defining features and understanding historic building materials and techniques provides the basis for our recommendations. This process also informs our structural and architectural team when designing in conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and its four standards: preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction.
Common deliverables produced by our historic preservation specialists are:
- Conditions Assessments
- Preservation Plans
- Historic Structures Reports
