Despite the widespread adoption of building information modelling (BIM) for the design and lifecycle
management of new buildings, very little research has been undertaken to explore the value of BIM in
the management of heritage buildings and cultural landscapes. To that end, we are investigating the
construction of BIMs that incorporate both quantitative assets (intelligent objects, performance data) and
qualitative assets (historic photographs, oral histories, music). Further, our models leverage the capabilities
of BIM software to provide a navigable timeline that chronicles tangible and intangible changes in the past
and projections into the future. In this paper, we discuss three projects undertaken by the authors that
explore an expanded role for BIM in the documentation and conservation of architectural heritage. The
projects range in scale and complexity and include: a cluster of three, 19th century heritage buildings in the
urban core of Toronto, Canada; a 600 hectare village in rural, south-eastern Ontario with significant
modern heritage value, and a proposed web-centered BIM database for materials and methods of
construction specific to heritage conservation.