We live in a built world.
Whether urban, rural, resort, suburban, or small town, we negotiate our everyday lives through man-made surroundings that are the setting and substance of human activity.
It is mainly a world of ordinary, vernacular dwellings, public spaces, and commercial enterprises punctuated by the work and works of professionals such as architects, landscape architects, engineers, and urban planners.
Scaled down to the level of living room and up to the magnitude of a neighborhood, the built environment has been and will remain a central focus of historic preservation.
So, at CoPR we celebrate the ordinary and marvel at the extraordinary. CoPR is committed to creating a context for both prudent change and enduring preservation--through research, documentation, surveying, and planning for the future of built environments.