Historic Preservation Archives | Architects + Artisans https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/tag/historic-preservation/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:18:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 At The Breakers in Newport, Opening Up the Private Third Floor https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/at-the-breakers-in-newport-opening-up-the-private-third-floor/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:18:49 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/?p=92814 Designed and built by Richard Morris Hunt for the Vanderbilt family in 1895, The Breakers is the Grand Dame of…

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]]> Page & Turnbull Restores UCLA’s New Nimoy Theater https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/page-turnbull-restores-uclas-new-nimoy-theater/ Wed, 27 Dec 2023 17:35:11 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/?p=89129 UCLA’s new performing arts theater has arrived with a number of pedigrees. It’s named for Leonard Nimoy – best known…

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]]> In Traditional Building, a New Morning for Poplar Forest https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/in-traditional-building-a-new-morning-for-poplar-forest/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:59:18 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/?p=87566 A recent issue of Traditional Building magazine offered a feature-length article I penned on the preservationists, architects and artisans who…

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]]> From Virginia Living Magazine, Restoring Bacon’s Castle https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/from-virginia-living-magazine-restoring-bacons-castle/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:20:40 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/?p=87341 A recent issue of Virginia Living magazine features a brief article I wrote on a three-year restoration project at Bacon’s Castle…

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]]> A New Morning for Poplar Forest, in Traditional Building https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/a-new-morning-for-poplar-forest-in-traditional-building/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:18:14 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/?p=86564 A recent issue of Traditional Building magazine offered a feature-length article I penned on the preservationists, architects and artisans who…

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]]> A New Book on Unity Temple by Frank Lloyd Wright https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/a-new-book-on-unity-temple-by-frank-lloyd-wright/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:20:09 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/?p=86109 Why not, then, build a temple, not to God . . . but build a temple to man, appropriate to…

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]]> In Gulfport, Restoring an Icon of African American History https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/in-gulfport-restoring-an-icon-of-african-american-history-2/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 17:51:16 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/?p=85955 Because Juneteenth is recognized officially today as a federal holiday, A+A reached back into its archives to celebrate the restoration…

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]]> From Traditional Building, a New Morning for Poplar Forest https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/from-traditional-building-a-new-morning-for-poplar-forest/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:32:35 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/?p=85635 This month’s Traditional Building magazine offers a feature-length article I penned on the preservationists, architects and artisans who have worked…

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]]> Restoring an Icon of African American History in Gulfport https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/restoring-an-icon-of-african-american-history-in-gulfport/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:38:41 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/?p=80691 A small building with a checkered past in the Turkey Creek neighborhood of Gulfport, Miss. has been restored meticulously by…

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]]> Page & Turnbull Restores San Francisco’s Grant Building https://architectsandartisans.com/blog/page-turnbull-restores-san-franciscos-grant-building/ Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:40:15 +0000 https://architectsandartisans.com/?p=79667 In San Francisco, a crack team of contractors, architects, and preservationists have teamed up to save the 1903 Grant Building.…

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