Architectural Arts
Meetings All Your Architectural Restoration & Conservation Needs.
The historic value of the architectural artwork in America’s most recognizable and prestigious landmarks is protected by a variety of stakeholders. As a specialty architectural arts contractor, John Canning & Co. is committed to a collaborative process and makes sure that all parties are advised on historic paint analysis and substrate stability research. We work to achieve consensus on our recommended treatment plans with the architect and all parties entrusted with decision making to meet all your architectural restoration and conservation needs.
Architectural Arts Services, Methods & Materials
John Canning & Co. is a specialty decorative painting & finishes contractor with decades of experience and expertise in preserving, restoring and recreating original historic decorative finishes.
John Canning & Co. skilled artisans have mastered mould, ornamental, acoustic, and scagliola plaster fabrication methods to replicate any type of period element.
John Canning & Co. specializes in architectural and exterior gilding whether it be atop buildings, inside iconic landmarks, churches, theaters or residence.
Wood restoration involves conservation cleaning, repair and reversible coatings with paint and glazes that replicates the grain and color of the original material.
John Canning & Co. has invented gentle ways to evaluate, test, and formulate custom cleaning agents to restore historical stone for every kind of surface.