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Design Guidelines

The City of Miami's Historic and Environmental Preservation Board (HEPB) has adopted the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation as the foundation for its decisions regarding modifications to historic buildings. The "Standards" encourage the retention and preservation of historic buildings by respecting their architectural design, materials, and workmanship.

The HEPB has also adopted special standards and guidelines to provide more specific information to property owners about particular items and issues. The design guidelines include both general information applicable to all designated historic buildings, and supplemental information developed for specific historic districts, such as Morningside and MiMo / Biscayne Boulevard.

City of Miami Design Guidelines for Historic Sites and Districts

The following links to electronic guides from the National Parks Service provide additional information and assistance to owners who wish to learn more about the rehabilitation of historic buildings.

Guidance on Preserving, Rehabilitating, and Restoring Historic Buildings
Online Preservation Training
Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings

The City of Miami: Historic
Preservation web site was designed by Marc Dahl at Modifive Design, Inc.,
aka the design crusaders at http://www.modi5.com. The site was developed
by Blue Reef Digital at http://www.bluereefdigital.com. The historic
preservation consultant was Janus Research at http://www.janus-research.com.
The site was designed and developed in March through June of 2003.

:: Site design Modi5 :: Site development Blue Reef Creative :: Historic Preservation Consultant Janus Research