Architectural Restoration
CENTRAL FLORIDA RESTORATION ARCHITECT. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE, AS TOURISTS AROUND THE GLOBE, SEEM TO FIND THE GREATEST PLEASURE IN, IS SEEING THE WORLD’S HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE. IN AMERICA, HOWEVER, THE OLDEST EXTANT MANMADE STRUCTURES TYPICALLY ONLY DATE BACK 400 YEARS, OR SO. HERE IN FLORIDA, AND EXCEPTING ST. AUGUSTINE, ANYTHING OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS CAN BE A JEWEL OF OUR LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. A RESIDENCE BUILT ON A SITE MAY BE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD, BUT MAY ALSO BE THE FIRST MAN-MADE STRUCTURE EVER BUILT ON THAT SITE, AND THERE BEGINS THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICA.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO SAVE, RESTORE, REUSE AND REPURPOSE OUR HERITAGE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. I FIND GREAT PLEASURE IN RESEARCHING, MEASURING, PREPARING PHOTOS AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR BUILDINGS IN NEED OF RESTORATION. SO MANY CLUES, NO MATTER THE CONDITON, ARE THERE FOR PROPOSING PURE RESTORATION. THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS GREAT RESOURCES FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY BULDINGS BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, TO ASSIST IN PREPARING DOCUMENTS FOR RESTORATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING AND WORKING WITH CLIENTS WITH VISIONS OF RESTORING THEIR PROPERTIES, WHETHER FOR PERSONAL RESIDENTIAL USE OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR INVESTMENT AND TAX CREDITS.
