Home Contact Sitemap login Checkout
Boreas Architecture and Civic Design Inc.
  • Home
  • Heritage Building Services
    • Heritage Building Services
    • Heritage Research and Assessment
    • Heritage Building Conservation
    • Heritage Building Strategic Programming
    • Public Presentations
    • Architecture
    • Small Town Urban Design
  • About
  • Heritage Insights
  • Let's Talk
Home/Heritage Building Services/Heritage Building Conservation Print This Page

Heritage  Building Conservation


Clients rely on our years of highly unique and specialized experience


Bricks

Understanding the nature of historical bricks and stone, for their practical conservation and reuse


Structural “Jack Arch” splayed face bricks, regular face bricks, and common bricks from the P. Andersen Brickyard, Edmonton.  Limestone keystone from Indiana. Buena Vista Block, Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc., Heritage Conservation Consultant


Structural Masonry Arches, Indiana Limestone keystones.  Alex Taylor School. Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc., Heritage Conservation Consultant




Ghost Signs

Understanding and championing the preservation of existing ghost signs



1912 vintage City Grocers Sign “We make our own Sausage, Corned Beef, Head Cheese and Pure Lard”. Buena Vista Block, Edmonton, Alberta. Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc., Heritage Conservation Consultant


1940’s vintage “Corner Drug Stores - Laura Secord Candies”. Buena Vista Block, Edmonton, Alberta. Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc., Heritage Conservation Consultant




Metal Cornices

Understanding, documenting, conserving / rebuilding and remounting pressed metal cornices



Buena Vista Block, Edmonton, Alberta. Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc. Heritage Conservation Consultant.


Gibson Block, Edmonton, Alberta. Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc. Heritage Conservation Consultant




Terra Cotta

Understanding clay building products to bring them back to life



Conservation and Renovations, Private Residence, Oak Park, Illinois.
Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc. Heritage Conservation Consultant.


Work Plan Development. Monroe Street Bridgehouses Rebuild, Chicago, Illinois (Darrel Babuk as Senior Project Manager, Patrick Engineering).




Masonry Structural Features

Understanding structural capabilities of brick arches and stone lintels to repair, rather than replace



Masonry Repair Program, Client name withheld at client request,
Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc. Heritage Conservation Consultant


Masonry Repair Program, Client name withheld at client request,
Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc. Heritage Conservation Consultant




Windows and Millwork

From assessment to working with millwrights to conserve and repair glass set in wood frames or lead caming. Also conserve millwork.



Conservation of windows, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Edmonton, Alberta. Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc. Heritage Conservation Consultant.


Restoration of original walnut millwork, Private Residence, Oak Park, Illinois ,  Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc. Heritage Conservation Consultant




Gibson Block, Edmonton, Alberta. Boreas Architecture & Civic Design, Inc. Heritage Conservation Consultant











  • Heritage Research and Assessment
  • Heritage Building Conservation
  • Heritage Building Strategic Programming
  • Public Presentations
  • Architecture
  • Small Town Urban Design

Have an idea? Let's get started.

Clients rely on our years of highly unique and specialized experience

Contact Us

+ 1-780-619-5641

design@boreasarchitecture.ca

Heritage Research and Assessment

Heritage Designation Application

Heritage Resource Impact Assessment

Statement of Significance

Heritage  Building Conservation

Heritage Building Strategic Programming

Public Presentations

Authorities having Jurisdiction

Championing Preservation

Architecture

Small Town Urban Design

About


© 2018 Boreas Architecture. All Rights Reserved.