Just because you are doing a gut renovation or constructing new, doesn’t mean you can’t incorporate salvaged materials. Trending or not, this design strategy has many benefits from the sustainable reuse of resources to getting a custom look for less. Applications of old elements with new construction are by nature unique to each project and will have many of your friends awed by your creativity!
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Schematic Design Strategies for Historic Properties
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.
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