In Hard Times It's Time For Renovation and Preservation

It's tough getting something built these days Times are tough for architects. But there is a little ray of sunshine that gets a bit brighter in every recession: renovation and preservation. It may be a bit like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, who said " I am big, it's the pictures that got small." But in fact architecture is getting small. And if we are going to survive this recession and reduce the carbon footprints of our buildings, we are all going to have to get small and fix what we have. This could be a good thing for the profession and the environment. And as Sam Lubell says in his editorial in the