Haldane Preservation Architects · est. 1996 · National Register Projects · [Your City]

The Studio

The work begins in the archive, and ends with the original door catching the original light.

Studio

A small studio,
in the business of repair.

Haldane is a small studio. We work on historic homes, mills, schoolhouses, churches, and civic buildings, the buildings that gave a town its first character and that, with care, can give it its next chapter, too.

We are not in the business of replication. We're in the business of repair. When a sash window can be saved, we save it. When a beam can be sistered, we sister it. Replacement is the last resort, not the first quote.

Forty-seven projects across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast since 1996. Twelve listed on the National Register. Every one of them in continuous use today.

1996

Established

47

Projects completed

12

On the Register

100%

In continuous use

As featured in
Architectural Record
Old House Journal
The New York Times
Preservation Magazine
Curbed

Notes

Notes from the studio.

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On windows · 7 min read

In defense of the original wood window.

A century-old sash, well-tuned, performs better than its reputation, and lasts longer than most replacements.

On masonry · 5 min read

Why portland cement quietly ruins old brick.

A short note on the chemistry of repointing, and the case for matching mortar to the building, not to the home center.

On reuse · 9 min read

Adaptive reuse, and the long arithmetic of a building.

A meditation on embodied carbon, useful life, and the second (or third) chapter we owe these structures.

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We take a small number of new commissions each year. The more you can share at first, age, condition, register status, the better we can know whether we are right for the work.

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