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Historic district panel honors 35
Thirty-five architectural projects completed between 2006 and 2008 were honored recently by the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission.
The awards ceremony, held at the City Council chamber in City Hall, "recognizes a huge financial investment in the city by mostly private individuals, and many of the projects reflect the recovery since Katrina," said Eleanor Burke, the commission's deputy director.
Awards were given in three categories -- new construction, renovation and restoration -- and at three levels: honor, or first place; merit, or second place; and achievement.
The commission listed these criteria for the three categories:
-- New construction: New construction in a historic district should reflect the massing, materials, scale and character of the immediate historic context. New construction should reflect the era in which it is built while fitting in seamlessly with the district's historic fabric.
-- Renovation: the process of repairing and changing an existing building for modern use so that it is functionally equivalent to a new building. The work may include major changes.
-- Restoration: the process of returning, as nearly as possible, an existing building to its condition at a particular time in history. The work may include removing later additions, making hidden repairs and replacing missing details.
In addition to the architectural awards, the commission presented its first Preservation Partner award to the nonprofit Preservation Resource Center. This award was created to honor the hard work, cooperation and collaboration of other agencies and nonprofit groups involved in the preservation movement.
The commission has jurisdiction over exterior changes to about 200 individually designated landmark buildings and over new construction and exterior changes to thousands of buildings in 10 designated districts: Algiers Point, Bywater, Esplanade Ridge, Faubourg Marigny, the Garden District, Holy Cross, the Lower Garden District, the Irish Channel, St. Charles Avenue and Treme. A separate commission regulates four historic sections of the Central Business District.
Projects winning awards were:
