In New Orleans, we have over 20 nationally-registered historic districts and 19 local historic districts. Any effort developing concepts in the planning phase needs to address the historic context of the neighborhood. The façade of the home does not only belong to the owner but it belongs to the city, to the neighborhood, and to the lovers of historic architecture who come from all over the world to New Orleans.
Read MoreToday’s blog post is pulled out of the vault! These summer days, dreaming of travel to beautiful places has to substitute for the real thing, so I thought I’d post this quick read from 2012, when I was working on a resort hotel project on the Portuguese coastline.
Read MoreThe grind of construction can make it easy to lose sight of the drama of the transformation taking place when renovating a historic building. Documenting the progress made at the end of a project is really a special feeling, and reminds us why we do what we do, and validates the potential that everyone saw in a previously neglected piece of New Orleans' history.
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