Restoration Architecture

 

Restoration architecture, preservation and adaptive reuse often go hand-in-hand. Restoration architecture is practiced when a building design involves repairing the existing building fabric. Restoration architecture often involves restoring a building to its original state, or the renewal of an existing structure.

When restoration architecture is practiced alongside preservation, most often the goal is to restore a historic building to it's original appearance, or the way it appeared at a specific period in time. An example of restoration archiecture took place in the 1980s as architects, historians and preservationists stripped 38 layers of paint from the White House to restore the iconic residence to its original appearance.

Restoration architecure can mean a variety but usually involves the cleaning and restoring of the building's exterior, the cleaning and restoring of the building's interior and updating the building's electrical and plumbing systems, while maintaining the integrity of the original structure.

When restoration architecure attempts to uphold the outside of a building while changing the inside, it is commonly referred to as adaptive reuse architecture. Learn more about Adaptive Reuse Architecture.

 

Duane Bradshaw Architects are the environmental architects you need for your next restoration project. Call us today at 713-522-5455 and you'll speak with one of the principals who would work on your project. If you'd rather, feel free to email us instead.

 

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• Adaptive Reuse Architecture
• Green Architecture