All buildings begin to change the day they are completed. The sources for change are many and relentless. They include altered needs of the inhabitants, human wear, maintenance, regulatory change, taste and weather. Management of change through thoughtful intervention is a significant area of firm interest and expertise.
The cycles of degradation caused by human wear and weather may be altered by repair, reconstruction or replacement. Solutions depend upon degree of deterioration and desired longevity of each system. Regulatory change is occasionally mandated but more frequently is required only with comprehensive renovation. Program and changing use are ongoing in many building types and infrequent in others. Some program change is simple and may be accomplished by moving furniture. Other change may require complete reconstruction and additions. Taste is yet another imprint of time on buildings, with some structures frozen at a particular historical moment and others existing as complex archaeological records of changing taste and need.
We seek the holistic management and integration of all change in our building conservation work. When program and use driven change coincides with regulatory necessity and system repair and replacement, value and impact are maximized.
Select Conservation Clients
Sage Bowers Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Silliman College, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Houghton Memorial Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Davenport College, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Pierson College, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Stafford Little Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Sterling Law School Dining Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Berkeley College, Yale University, New Haven, CT
B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD
St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ
Canal House, City of Trenton, Trenton, NJ
Hilles Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Red Fox Farm Feasibility Study, East Stroudsburg University,
East Stroudsburg, PA
Roebling Wireworks, City of Trenton, Trenton, NJ
Wilmington Courthouse/GSA, Wilmington, DE
GSA, Camden Courthouse, Camden, NJ
Van Cleve House, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, PA
Boathouse Row Assessment Study, Philadelphia, PA
Church of the Covenant, New York, NY
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA
Church of the Ascension, New York, NY
Fairmount Park Houses Study, Philadelphia, PA
Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia, PA
The Lits Building/Growth Properties, Philadelphia, PA
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