Mr. Hardy's faithful restoration of the music hall restores the importance of authenticity in a city flooded with fakes.
The original 1912 construction plans were found inside the building, allowing for a faithful restoration.
"We intend to do the same kind of faithful restoration."
The company has uncovered photographs of the hotel in its glory days, and will seek to do a faithful restoration, with about 60 rooms and a ballroom.
The hotel's developers pledged $1 million to restore the Piazza to working order, and Perez Architects was hired to ensure a faithful restoration.
Six firms submitted a variety of ideas, ranging from faithful restorations to startlingly modernist plans.
Lynch and Glazer have undertaken a faithful restoration of the house in collaboration with Helena Arahuete.
The interior of their previous residence was a faithful restoration of a Victorian house.
A renovation scheme was prepared by architects MacGibbon and Ross, although their plans for a faithful restoration were not followed.
Historic Scotland requires a 'faithful restoration where all details are replicated as closely as possible in terms of material, design and construction'.
