The founding issue · Fall 2026
The future
of our past.
Historic places endure when knowledge does. A journal exploring the people, practices and ideas that carry our built heritage forward.
Volume I, Issue 1 / 48 pages / Open access
Fall 2026The founding issue
The online edition
Fall 2026 · No. 01
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About the journal
For the places
we carry forward.
The Preservation Standard is a journal of preservation intelligence for the people responsible for historic places: their buildings, their stories and their future.
We explore stewardship, traditional craftsmanship, preservation technology and the knowledge that makes informed care possible. Our focus is practical: understand what we have inherited, document what we learn, and help the next generation care for it.
- Historic campuses
- Historic estates
- Landmarks
- Cultural & civic buildings
- Sacred places
In conversation
Every place has a story.
We’d like to hear yours.
Contact the editorial office with a story idea, an interview opportunity, a question about the journal, or a request for a printed copy.
Raymond Olivier
Editor-in-Chief · The Preservation Standard