Heritage Resources
Welcome to the “Heritage Institute” resource page. Here we have included some of our favourite links to the art of built heritage craft and craftspeople. Here at the Heritage Institute we strive to establish a recognized local, national and international leader in built heritage training related to the preservation, restoration, conservation and adaptive-re-use of structures with stories. Sustainability, human connection to our past and craft are found throughout these resources. Come for a visit every once in awhile and find a new link in the chain to the stories worth preserving. As we continue to grow our expanded and re-imagined Heritage Institute we look forward to your comments and feedback. Come learn and be part of the process.
Chris Hahn
Dean Perth Campus
Restoring historical architectural woodwork in the construction industry
There is a substantial number of heritage commercial and institutional buildings in Canada. Able to provide productive useful space for decades to come, these projects are culturally significant, serving to define the past and present, along with the cultural landscape in which we live and work. There was a time, not so long ago, when many owners and designers would choose demolition over adaptation and repurposing. Fortunately, many have gotten beyond this thinking and made progressive moves toward creatively adapting these structures.
Interesting and Inspiring Links
• Lifes’s Work – Six Conversations With Makers
• Stonehands: A series of documentaries outlining the vast array of interventions, both historic and cutting edge, employed by a Historic Stonemasonry Restoration crew on a large project.