User:Davehiers/Tudor Artisans

Introduction
Tudor Artisans is a group of designers and artisans that collectively work on historical renovation and new building projects. The central design company is based in Kennesaw, Georgia and is a for-profit organization. Established in 2001, the group has participated in a wide range of project types (commercial and residential) located across the United States and Canada.

History
The group was initially established in 2001 to work on a local Tudor academic structure built in 1932. The main focus of the initial project was glass window renovation. As with many older Tudor structures built during the American Tudor Revival era (roughly 1915 through 1935), the leaded window panels had severe warping, breakage, and loss of integrity (mainly due to the water-proof putty hardening and cracking). Leaded glass panels proved to be an important aspect to Tudor structures as they are a key earmark of the architectural style. However, due to the many other architectural earmarks of Tudor architecture, the group was eventually coerced to support many other types of elements over the years. As each dicipline emerged for the first time, a member of the group was called on to become its champion -or- a new artisan was added to support the project. The company eventually acquired skill in twelve architectural diciplines ranging from carved and cast stone, to paneling, to doors and windows. The artisans designated to each dicipline have changed as have the designers that ultimately must create all of the required engineered drawings, but the central focus has never altered - that of historical Tudor architecture.