1 of 3 CASE STUDY Background Conserving a landmark building is always a challenge, but when that building’s design is as complicated, both on the interior and exterior, as the Fonthill Castle the architect is presented with an extra set of issues when it comes to documentation of the existing conditions. The Castle was built in 1852 by a famous Shakespearean actor and his wife. Fonthill is a Gothic Revival style building consisting of a cluster of six octagonal towers at varying heights, built of hammered grey stone. Five of the towers radiate from a three story central tower. In 1980 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. To accomplish this, they turned to TRA Studio Architecture, an innovative firm based in New York City. Eric Yang, who is an Architectural D

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