Holding to Our Heritage

This CE course examines strategies for evaluating, repairing, restoring, repurposing, or replacing older structures, balancing historic value with modern needs, investor priorities, and community impact.

🕒 3  CE HOURS     

CREDIT DESIGNATION: LU|HSW           

Date of course creation/update: 04/23/2026

Course Approval NO: 192MCAR

Education Pathways, LLC provider #10121561, is approved as an AIA Continuing Education Provider by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. AIA provider approval period: 02/05/2026–02/05/2027. Architects completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits as designated by AIA.

This online reading-based asynchronous distance learning course :

Explores the criteria architects must consider when determining the future of older buildings. Participants will assess structural integrity, regulatory concerns, financial implications, and community value. The course covers repair, restoration, adaptive reuse, and replacement, with emphasis on sustainability and collaboration between architects and real estate professionals. Case studies highlight successful transformations of churches, mills, factories, and cultural spaces, demonstrating how heritage buildings can be preserved or repurposed to meet contemporary needs.

 

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Recognize stakeholder input in determining the end use of aged structures.

  2. Identify system components to include in assessments of older or historic buildings.

  3. Explain historic significance and the role of cultural value in restoration decisions.

  4. Expand upon adaptive reuse principles including benefits and challenges.

  5. Determine demolition vs. replacement criteria for older buildings.

  6. Discuss collaboration between architects and commercial realtors in reuse projects.

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