Category Archives: Building Conservation

Giving the Past a Future: Historical Preservation at Kulla Isuf Mazrekaj – Drenoc, Kosovo

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Adventures in Preservation

Originally posted on The Runaway Bunny:
Like anything that’s been around for several centuries, the Isuf Mazrekaj kulla is finding that it needs to adapt in order to survive. These stone towers, potent symbols of traditional Islamic Kosovar culture, were particularly…

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For Preservationists, Every Day is Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Adventures in Preservation

Happy Earth Day! Preserving built heritage is a good thing for many reasons, not least among them the environmental benefits of keeping a building in use. Doing so is not only in keeping with the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle mantra, but … Continue reading →

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People Working to Save and Reopen Historic Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Adventures in Preservation

A guest post by Marvin Stockwell The Mid-South Coliseum, a mid-century modern, 11,200-seat venue built in 1964 and shuttered in 2007, is threatened with possible demolition. A City of Memphis plan proposes razing the building that once held concerts by … Continue reading →

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A Letter from Gjirokastra

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Adventures in Preservation

This is an extended version of a piece that appeared in the June issue of Destination: Preservation, Adventures in Preservation’s newsletter. If people still wrote letters home from their travels, here’s what we would have written about our recent hands-on … Continue reading →

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People, Make Preservation Happen!

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Hallie B.

There’s an African proverb that says, roughly, “Many small people who in many small places do many small things can change the face of the world.” I first came across the proverb in the form of a mural painted boldly … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Hallie B.

Spring! Leaves, flowers, birds, cute baby animals, warm weather. And cleaning. Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in phase one of the architectural mothballing of a run-down apartment building. Early one Saturday morning a few weeks ago (though not as … Continue reading →

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The Three Rs of Preservation

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Hallie B.

Reduce, reuse, recycle. Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic. For some reason, Rs come in threes. In historic preservation, those three Rs are sometimes said to be renovation, restoration, and rehabilitation. So for this upcoming Earth Day, we thought we’d take a look … Continue reading →

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A Shotgun House Primer

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Adventures in Preservation

The folks at the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans have put together a concise guide to shotgun houses. The primer touches on the origins of the vernacular form and descibes the variations found in the region and in New Orleans in particular. … Continue reading →

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Monastery Makeovers

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Hallie B.

One challenge historic preservationists and architects face is that of adaptive reuse–taking a structure built for one specific purpose and giving it a new use. This process is an important part of historic preservation and of green building, but sometimes … Continue reading →

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A Day with UOregon at Klesarska Skola

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Hallie B.

Every summer, the University of Oregon leads  an architecture, historic preservation, and conservation field school in Croatia.  The program travels to different sites each year, exploring both the mainland and the Dalmatian islands.  Activities in 2014 included a week learning about stone carving, documentation of … Continue reading →

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