Yellow rendering on stonework conservation project, Orford Castle, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Balenciaga Museum, housed in a newly built annex to Palacio Aldamar, by the Cuban architect Julian Argilagos and design team AV62arquitectos) Getaria, province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

Restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston island, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, United States of America

The restoration of the citadel and temples of Basgo, perched on an eroded hillside, an example of a successful restoration project, Ladakh, India, Asia

Work on building Lyveden New Bield - an Elizabethan garden lodge house - was started in 1595 but work stopped in 1605 when the owner - Sir Thomas Tresham died. After nearly four centuries The National Trust has taken on the Elizabethan house and has spent seven years renovating it.

Home improvement, a renovation project restoring a 17th century Cotswold old stone cottage in Swinbrook in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Workers maintaining stonework at The Nunnery (Edificio de las Monjas), Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Marked stones in a restoration projects at the Ancient ruins of Ta Prohm Temple, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Trees felled as part of a habitat restoration project in the Dunsop Valley above Dunsop Bridge in the Trough of Bowland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A dune restoration project at the Point of Ayr on the North Wales coast, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

A dune restoration project at the Point of Ayr on the North Wales coast, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Packages of flooring on floor

Smiling man posing in empty house

Floral & geometric patterns of restored Timurid tile mosaics decorate a wall in the courtyard of the Friday Mosque or "Masjid-i Jami", the largest mosque in Herat, dating to 1200 AD, Herat, Afghanistan. Much of the Ghorid and Timurid decorations on the mosque had been badly damaged during the centuries, but a restoration project begun in 1943 continues today.

Clean-up crews sucking oil with vacuum tubes and placing absorbent pompom booms. East Grand Terre was involved in a Barrier Island restoration project before the oil spill.

Press tour with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Clean-up crews sucking oil with vacuum tubes and placing absorbant pompom booms. East Grand Terre was involved in a Barrier Island restoration project before the oil spill.

Press tour with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Clean-up crews sucking oil with vacuum tubes and placing absorbant pompom booms. East Grand Terre was involved in a Barrier Island restoration project before the oil spill.

Turkey, Anatolia, Ephesus, One of the terrace houses.