Historic Preservation & Building Renewal
Careful change for places that matter.
An existing building carries memories, craftsmanship, and a continuing purpose. Renewal requires an understanding of what gives it significance, what its physical condition allows, and how it must serve people today. The appropriate response may be a conservation plan, a carefully coordinated reconstruction, or a series of considered improvements.
CSNA’s work at Saint John’s Abbey Church and The Broadmoor Main Hotel demonstrates two distinct approaches. One establishes a framework for conservation through investigation and specialist coordination. The other brings contemporary comfort to a historic hotel while protecting its defining character.
For Saint John’s Abbey Church, CSNA prepared a work plan for a conservation grant proposal and coordinated specialist responsibilities. Following the grant award, we guided, reviewed, and approved artisan and engineering findings and recommendations. The conservation plan brings knowledge of worship, art, materials, building systems, and architecture into a coherent framework.
The Abbey is testing lighting recommendations with local suppliers through temporary installations before permanent installation. Investigation of the Bell Banner includes fieldwork and laboratory analysis to understand the concrete and reinforcing steel. The story distinguishes completed investigation from continuing work, showing how a plan can connect careful study with considered action.
At The Broadmoor Main Hotel, CSNA served as architect of record, coordinating architecture and engineering to reconstruct the guest room tower while protecting historic spaces and the defining exterior. At the Abbey Church, the conservation framework supports a modern landmark that remains a place of daily worship. In each case, the building’s continuing purpose is central to its future.
Experience in practice
A monastic community’s responsibility for a modern landmark shaped a coordinated conservation plan, connecting careful investigation with the church’s continuing life of worship.
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Contemporary expectations of comfort guided a transformation that preserved the historic character guests cherish.
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Begin with your story
Tell us about the building you care for, its history, and the needs prompting change. We begin by understanding what should endure and what must improve for its next chapter.
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