GBCA (Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects) is a full-service architectural firm, with an established reputation in heritage consultancy services. The uniqueness of each heritage property may require a number of services over the course of a project’s development. Our work adheres to the national Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada.
Our Services
Heritage Consulting
For GBCA the integration of heritage resources within new development is an exciting opportunity for recognizing the heritage value of an historic place and managing change in a creative and useful way.
Technical Consulting
GBCA prepares building assessments/condition assessments (also known as Historic Structures Reports), Conservation Plans (CP) and Conservation Management Plans (CMP) for a variety of ends.
Adaptive Reuse
GBCA is recognized for our creative and sensitive solutions that revitalize structures and provide relevant and sustained use of our heritage resources.
Restoration
Restoration involves accurately revealing, recovering, or representing the state of an historic place or individual component as it appeared at a particular period in its history.