At Atelier Giguere, we seek the possible, we are prospectors. We enjoy the excitement of exploring an old building, looking past deterioration, dirt, peeling paint, crumbling stone to see the building how it was and can be. We take on the challenge of fitting a new purpose to a historic building. We are constantly searching out the story, and finding the opportunities.

We seek the story of a structure, its property, its community, and those who have been associated with it. We endeavor to tell the building’s story in its architecture and its continuing contribution to its neighborhood and community.

We believe in historic buildings:

We believe in how they are part of the fabric of their communities, how they are touchstones to our shared past, and physical reminders of stories to be told.

Ms. Giguère offers over 20 years experience in the practice of architecture for historic preservation and rehabilitation, mostly serving as Project Architect and Project Manager for complex building restoration programs and various multi-tenant residential building types, as well as mixed use, commercial,  religious, institutional and government complexes. Ms. Giguère has developed a special expertise in the creation of restoration treatments and programs for historic brick, stone and terra-cotta masonry, and continues to study Architectural conservation. With her strength in the technical production of project design, contract documents and specifications, she has also served as an adjunct assistant professor of history at University of Maryland University College and instructor of Architectural Drawing, Design, and Materials & Methods of Construction at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland and at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland. Ms. Giguère is a qualified Historic Architect under Federal regulations 36 CFR 61.