Creating a strong sense of unique identity and pride
Historic Preservation
A critical component of community revitalization is identifying and preserving a community’s unique historic resources, which create a sense of identity and character. While historic buildings are an important aspect of this, identifying and planning for the preservation of entire historic and cultural landscapes is also critical.
Historic districts, streetscapes, parks, plazas, and other contexts, play a vital role in:
- Providing context to historic buildings
- Defining neighborhoods & districts
- Recognizing the cultural influences that create a place
- Understanding defining characteristics & their significance
- Facilitating positive storytelling that provides a powerful connection to community
Our Expertise
As the only Utah-based landscape architecture firm with an active historic landscapes practice, Io LandArch is the foremost authority on historic landscape architecture in Utah
CLR Specialists
Our team has completed numerous CLR's across the state of Utah. These include CLR's for three important Salt Lake City Landscapes: Pioneer Park, Allen Park, and Block 407.
HALS Expertise
We have completed 4 of the 7 Historic American Landscapes Surveys (HALS) that have been recorded in the State of Utah. Co-founder Susan Crook completed two additional HALS before founding Io LandArch.
Design Guidelines
Our experience goes beyond documentation to actual preservation planning work. We wrote the Historic Design Standards for Logan Utah’s Center Street National Historic District.
Historically Sensitive Design
We provide Landscape Architecture services for Historic/Cultural Landscape preservation, rehabilitation (adaptive re-use), recreation, and historically sensitive/contextual landscape additions.
Let's Talk
Would you like to find out more about our process, and how to work with us? Follow the link below to answer a few questions about your project and we’ll reach out to you with more information on next steps.
