Renovate Smart... Recover Strong
Whether you’re planning an upgrade or facing damage no one planned for, you need an architect who gets it right the first time. The Bourne Group is an award-winning architecture and urban design firm. We renovate, restore, and modernize schools, commercial properties, historic buildings and recreational facilities. When disaster strikes, we assess the damage and lead the rebuild.
Renovation and recovery are the same job: understanding what’s required, making smart decisions, and building something that lasts. After more than 30 years and 12 hurricanes, we design every project for the day after the storm.
Renovations ▪ Disaster Assessment ▪ Recovery
Clarity:
Know what’s required, what’s smart, and what’s worth the investment, before you spend a dollar.
Continuity:
Keep your operations, students, tenants, and services moving, during a renovation or after a disaster.
Confidence:
Get a documented plan your contractor, insurer, and funders can act on.
RENOVATE WITH RESILIENCE
Renovations, modernizations, and historic preservation for higher education, commercial, and residential clients.
We update what you have so it’s more functional, more beautiful, and ready for whatever comes next.
Our work has earned two American School & University Design Awards (2023, 2024).
RECOVERY WITH A PLAN
Fast, structured disaster assessments that show what happened, what’s safe to use now, and what it takes to recover.
You get clear findings, photos, and a practical roadmap for insurers, contractors, and recovery funding.
Award-Winning Architect | Serving Clients Since 2000
Licensed in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Louisiana & Missouri
A Simple Process
LISTEN then ASSESS
We listen to your experiences and visions.
We evaluate your building, risks and budget.
ASK and COLLABORATE
Digest what we have learned
Invite your team – stakeholders, contractors, and funders – to the same table.
SUPPORT and SOLVE
Help you examine and prioritize your goals.
Design the right solution, whether that’s a renovation, a repair, or a recovery plan.
DESIGN and BLUEPRINT
Creative solutions to meet your needs
A full project packages or documented roadmap your team can execute.
Who We Serve
Homeowners and HOAs
Renovating or rebuilding for lasting protection
Universities and colleges
Modernizing campus buildings and recovering from storm damage
Banks and financial institutions
Updating branches and protecting critical facilities
Public agencies and community organizations
Leading recovery and resilience efforts
Property owners
In hurricane, tornado and flood zones, planning their next renovation or recovery
Why Clients Choose Us
You at the center
We focus on listening, ensuring each design responds to real needs, not assumptions.
Renovation expertise, backed by disaster experience.
Decades of work in disaster-prone regions inform every renovation and recovery project.
Code-driven, future-ready design
Designing with preparedness for buildable strategies your contractor can implement.
Project Types
Renovations
Architectural solutions for residential, commercial, and institutional renovations, with a focus on resilience and lifecycle value
Off-Grid / Sustainable Architecture
Design for energy-conscious, storm-ready buildings that can keep operating when the grid or infrastructure is disrupted
Community-Engaged Design
Participatory planning and design processes that align projects with community priorities and on-the-ground realities.
Project Types
USVI Advisory
Serve as the essential bridge between mainland design concepts and island realities for buildability, local code compliance, permitting and cultural stewardship
Boots on the Ground
Provide mainland architects, engineers and contractors with dependable on-island representation in the USVI, with scheduled site presence, clear documentation, and proactive issue identification
Historic Preservation
Renovation and adaptive reuse of historic and culturally significant buildings in vulnerable regions.
Insights
Learn from the front lines of renovation and recovery
Our blog covers what it takes to renovate, rebuild, and prepare buildings for severe weather.
Use it to better understand:
- How resilient renovations protect people and investment
- What rebuilding really takes
- Lessons learned from past storms
Ready to Build Something that Lasts?
Tell us about your property and we’ll help you figure out your next step.
Interested but not Ready?
Recommendations
Walter D. Street
The consulate architect thought leader for the 31st century. Manages complex problems with an astute capability to develop appropriate and dynamic teams that address the challenge at hand. Ms Bourne, FAIA, deploys exceptional communication skills that assures client and end-user expectations can and shall be achieved.
