About Historic Building Studio
Historic Building Studio enhances historic value for people who own or work with historic buildings.

Eva Palacios ARB IHBC MSc MA
Eva Palacios is the Architect and Heritage Consultant behind Historic Building Studio. Eva studied architecture at E.T.S. Arquitectura La Salle in Barcelona. She specialised in conservation at the University of Dundee and has an MA in History of Architecture.
Eva’s work brings together history and conservation to promote the reuse of historic buildings. Her background encourages her to question the methodologies and materials used in the past. Eva’s research interests also include the architecture of the Victorian time and the connection and development of ideas between Europe and America.
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