tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47953396481608800782024-03-11T09:57:19.081-04:00TruexCullins BlogAn architecture and interior design Blog, focusing on providing insight, expertise and creativity in five distinct disciplines of education, workplace, home, resort and interiors.Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-959160031305664522013-08-12T13:50:00.001-04:002013-08-12T13:51:04.335-04:00Visit the New TruexCullins Blog<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-4197881526034334372013-08-01T07:00:00.000-04:002013-08-01T07:00:05.962-04:00Champlain Investment Partners Awarded LEED-CI Silver<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TruexCullins Architecture + Interior Design is pleased to announce that the interior office space for Champlain Investment Partners has been awarded LEED Silver Certification for Commercial Interiors from the U.S. Green Building Council.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The design of this Class A office space was inspired by the surrounding landscape of the Lake Champlain basin and is a celebration of Vermont culture and community. The use of natural and local materials supports the LEED rating system and establishes a true Vermont character for this independent employee owned firm.<br /><br />The new 13,000 sq. ft. tenant fitup is located within the recently completed Waterfront Plaza building in downtown Burlington, recently awarded LEED Certification for Core & Shell Development. The LEED Core & Shell rating system is designed to be used by developers to certify the core and shell of a project and prepare the building for environmentally conscious tenants. The LEED for Commercial Interiors rating system recognizes high performance green tenant spaces that are healthy, energy efficient and environmentally friendly.<br /><br />The tenant project earned high marks for its downtown site location; energy efficiency measures; and superior indoor air quality. The project also received credit for utilizing sustainable materials and resources. The building materials and furnishings used in the project contain a total of 24% recycled content, and interior wood products were sourced from well-managed FSC-certified forests.<br /><br />The reception area features hardwood flooring salvaged from the Vermont forest and Champlain Marble quarried from the region. A billowing ceiling of cloth panels provides a contrasting softness to the space and alludes to the gentle sailboats on Lake Champlain. The design of the workspace promotes teamwork and collaboration with shared meeting and lounge spaces in prime locations and a quiet library for focused work or small group meetings.<br /><br />The project was led by TruexCullins Principal David Epstein, AIA, LEED AP, and Associate Matthew Bushey, AIA, LEED AP. The developer/contractor was Investors Corporation of Vermont. Additional design team members include: Hallam-ICS, building commissioning; Mountain Air Systems, mechanical engineering; and Pearson Associates, electrical engineering.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We were pleased to see a wonderful review of the recently opened Hotel Vermont in this past weekend's <b>Montreal Gazette</b>. The hotel is gaining national and international attention as more people experience this unique, independent, Very Vermont hotel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Montreal Gazette calls it a "woodsy and trendy" hip venue. "An artisan project from furniture to food." The author was a guest of the hotel and goes on to write: "Burlington’s first contemporary boutique property, the Hotel Vermont opened this year with a singular dedication to regional products, individual craftsmanship and eco-consciousness."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/Checking+Hotel+Vermont+woodsy+trendy/8707095/story.html" target="_blank">read the whole Montreal Gazette article online</a>. <br />
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Hotel Vermont was also earlier previewed in <b>Lodging Magazine</b>, the official magazine of the American Hotel + Lodging Association.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The May 2013 issue featured a rendering of the Deluxe King guestroom, released before the hotel opened. "A Vermont Vignette" provided a sneak peak of the guestroom with its custom bed and casework furnishings, overlooking Lake Champlain. <br />
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A longer article was published on the Lodging Magazine website: <a href="http://www.lodgingmagazine.com/News/News/2921.aspx" target="_blank">Hotel Vermont Opens as Burlington's First Independent Hotel.</a></span>Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-54743707520570035172013-07-29T12:04:00.001-04:002013-07-29T12:05:26.044-04:00Softball, TruexCullins vs Engineering Ventures <div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Engineering Ventures joined TruexCullins for a beautiful-sunny day of softball and fun. Although <strong>TruexCullins</strong> played well, <strong>Engineering Ventures</strong> prevailed with their power-batting line up. </span><br />
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E's secret weapon.</div>
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<b>Anya Smith</b> of Colchester is interning with TruexCullins this summer. She will be returning to Rhode Island School of Design in the fall to focus on Interior Architecture Design.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is opening weekend for many of the new spaces at Topnotch Resort and Spa. TruexCullins has been working with the Stowe resort as they undertook a multimillion dollar renovation to transform many of the key places within the property.<br />
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A new exterior porte-cochere improves the arrival experience and now leads guests into the main lobby overlooking Mt Mansfield. The new lobby features a communal living room, café, and bar, and is home to The Roost, a refined but playful restaurant and lounge. In the center of the space sits a 16-foot custom designed shuffleboard table. A large banquet room provides additional seating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TruexCullins Interiors also spearheaded a design overhaul on the Topnotch guestrooms. Renovations include a coordinating color palette with new furnishings and finishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">These plush booths by the contemporary Swiss furniture company Vitra are perfect for a cozy meeting with colleagues when a little more privacy is called for. Named the Alcove Cabin, this high-backed booth creates a room of its own that wraps around you on all sides. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">This is one line in what Vitra refers to as "</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Meet and Retreat" spaces in the modern office.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In the Business section of <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130620/BUSINESS08/306200007/Creative-Corner-Space-introverts-extroverts?nclick_check=1">today's Burlington Free Press</a>, I talk about the need to design workspaces like this that are appropriate for both extroverts and introverts. And based on what I saw in Chicago, many of the furniture manufacturers are getting the message.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;"><strong>Workspaces increasingly strive to provide a balance between collaboration and concentration</strong></span></span></span> <br /><br />Every company is comprised of individuals, each with their own personalities, work styles, and preferences. So how do we craft one space that meets the needs of such a diverse group?<br /><br />At the recent Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility spring conference, I led a workshop on designing workspaces to provide a balance between collaboration and concentration, and one of the most compelling questions we heard was how to provide space that is effective for both introverts and extroverts.<br /><br />True extroverts are gregarious, social, and assertive. Extroverts are outgoing and comfortable expressing themselves, and they tend to be good at multitasking and handling large amounts of information at once.<br /><br />However, an estimated 30- 50% of the people we work with are introverts. In general, introverts prefer one-on-one conversations to group activities, tend to think before they speak, and work best focused on a single task with few interruptions.<br /><br />In business, as in life, we need both types of people: those who speak freely and those who think deeply. Studies have shown that the most productive teams are those that combine both introverts and extroverts, and the most effective leaders are those who can bring out the talents of all.<br /><br />The modern office has become more open and fluid to promote teamwork and collaboration but this has introduced challenges for meeting individual’s needs since introverts and extroverts exhibit different work styles and react differently to their physical surroundings.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />How do these differences manifest themselves in the workplace? One theory is that extroverts excel in the open plan because they thrive from the multiple interactions within one space. They draw creative energy from chance encounters and group collaboration. Introverts, on the other hand, prefer to retreat to a secluded space where they can focus on individual tasks without distraction.<br /><br />An opposing theory claims the exact opposite: that introverts actually work better in an open plan because they have an innate ability to block out noise and distractions. They can shut out their surroundings and look into themselves to accomplish their work. According to this theory, extroverts are at a disadvantage because they are more easily distracted by all of the activity surrounding them.<br /><br />Whichever may be the case, I am increasingly recommending "flexible", open plans with a mix of spaces to support different tasks and personalities. This concept was evident last week in Chicago at NeoCon World Trade Fair, North America's largest design expo for commercial interiors. Here, more than 700 manufacturers release their new products each year, much of it based on research related to ergonomics, human psychology, and work styles.<br /><br />In past years, the emphasis was on ‘benching’, long open tables where rows of workers sit side-by-side with no separation. This year, however, the focus was on furnishings and systems that provide greater individual privacy, such as 4-person booths with tall panels that wrap around three sides, and chairs with felt-lined canopies that can muffle a private phone call.<br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Coalesse, a division of Steelcase, released the Massaud Lounge chair at NeoCon this year. This </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"privacy pod" features a f</span></em><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>lip-down hood that masks your vision and voice. Inside, an iPad mounts to the felted canopy for some private facetime or Skype sessions.</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Another example of space-making for introverts: This high-backed booth by Bretford, where 4 people can meet in relative privacy. The furniture is embedded with power and USB ports for charging your mobile devices.</em></span><br />
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<br />Our three models each have two floors and either a full or partial basement. Depending on buyer preference each house has a porch that covers the entry area and provides cover and transition from the street or public way.</div>
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The three houses range in size from 1400 square feet to 2100 square feet, with the middle option coming in around 1800 square feet. Each design provides spatial and value added options to ensure that each house can be easily expanded over time. This sketch shows how possible expansion could happen to the various models:</div>
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<br />All of the designs present a long elevation to the south enabling natural solar light gain. This large, south facing expanse also provides roof surface for solar thermal and photovoltaic collectors. With proper attention to design and construction detail, these homes could easily achieve net-zero energy consumption standards, thereby ridding the owners of any utility bills.<br /><br />TruexCullins is currently working with a builder and prospective client to construct several of these homes in a new neighborhood near Burlington that consists of an existing collection of historically based homes. Our designs connect with this historic character, although our intent in the long term is to design these homes to fit within any context.</div>
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Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-46033483792492240532013-05-30T14:07:00.001-04:002013-06-03T23:10:30.629-04:00TruexCullins Hires Arthur “Cam” Featherstonhaugh, Robert Jimenez and Lynda Pibus<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />TruexCullins Architecture and Interior Design has added three new people to their team: <br />Cam Featherstonhaugh, Robert Jimenez and Lynda Pibus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cam Featherstonhaugh</b> brings to the TruexCullins Workplace Studio over five years of architecture experience. He has a Bachelor’s of Architecture from Norwich University and is a certified Construction Document Technologist with the Construction Specifications Institute. He serves as the President of the Vermont Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute and is a member of the Vermont Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Board of Directors. He is the former Director of AIA-Vermont Emerging Professionals Network.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Featherstonhaugh grew up in Northfield, VT and now lives with his wife and son in Montpelier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An elite-class mountain bike racer for the past 11 years, Jimenez has recently joined Burlington’s Fellowship of the Wheel. Burlington's Olde North End is where he and his fiancé and their English bulldog call home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lynda Pibus</b> has been hired as staff accountant. Her former employer was O’Brien Brothers Agency, where she was an account payable and accounts receivable specialist. She received her diplôme d’études professionnelles (DEP) in accounting from le Centre de Formation Professional in Lennoxville, Canada.</span></div>
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Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0Burlington, VT, USA44.4758825 -73.21207199999997844.385267 -73.373433499999976 44.566497999999996 -73.05071049999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-62926636812258683732013-05-24T16:45:00.000-04:002013-05-24T16:45:49.156-04:00A View Inside Burlington's New Hotel Vermont<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Another week and another TruexCullins project profiled on our local WCAX TV news. In case you missed it, here is a copy of the video report of the new Hotel Vermont.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The hotel has been open for about a week now, and the initial feedback of the TruexCullins-designed interiors has been great. Watch the video for a tour thru the lobby and guestrooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And because your Memorial Day barbeque will most likely be rained out this weekend, we suggest you change your plans and head over to Hotel Vermont for dinner or cocktails at Juniper bar!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can also read the story from the WCAX webpage <a href="http://www.wcax.com/story/22399726/inside-burlingtons-new-hotel-vermont">here</a>.</span><br />
Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-12515265097897237272013-05-17T10:34:00.000-04:002013-06-19T10:16:53.865-04:00VT Schools Face Challenges Funding Construction<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Schools across the state are in need of repair and maintenance but are facing challenges with passing local bond measures to fund the work. This was the story reported this week on WCAX TV.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">TruexCullins is currently working with Rumney Memorial School - and others across the state - to come up with solutions to their building needs. As David Epstein points out in the report, creating high performance schools from both an energy and educational standpoint is a great investment for Vermont.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can also view this story on the </span><a href="http://www.wcax.com/story/22263593/vt-schools-face-challenges-funding-construction"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WCAX webpage</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span>Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-62835053905599769882013-05-15T16:07:00.001-04:002013-05-15T16:29:37.400-04:00King Street Center Unveils New Building <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our neighbor <strong><a href="http://www.kingstreetcenter.org/">King Street Center</a></strong> is growing and expanding their space. <strong><a href="http://www.truexcullins.com/">TruexCullins Architecture</a> </strong>is proud to be a part of the effort. The King Street Center has been an essential hub in our neighborhood for more than 20 years, serving the young and their families with the process of learning and growing. Twenty years ago Roland Batten Architect helped create the original King Street Center and now Rolf Kielman (a former partner of Roland’s), a principal at TruexcCullins, is continuing that work with the re-design of the new and expanded Center.</span> </span><br />
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project and will significantly expand the space needs of the center. A new
entry, a new two and half story west wing and a renovated gymnasium are
features of the project. A roof top playground will address the small amount of
play space that exists now on the King Street Center site. The building will
address environmental needs and be a model for energy efficiency exemplified by
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start in early 2014 with completion in the late fall of 2014. To make a </span><a href="https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=1001439&code=home"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">donation</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> please contact the King Street Center.</span></div>
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night and our campaign to raise awareness and money for the Nepal
Project. I had a wonderful time and the evening was a success. We
raised just over $4,000 at the party and just over $17,000 since the inception
of the campaign. And to top it off the Heritage Automotive Group (Ford,
Toyota, Scion on Shelburne Road, S. Burlington) offered to make up the
difference between the $17,000 and our goal of $20,000. So we made our
ambitious goal! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi from an obscure but beautiful spot in the south of Albania named Girokaster. A small city notable for its lovely stone houses and also the birthpace of Enver Hoxah, the communist dictator who kept this country closed up like a sturdy closet, for over 40 years.<br /><br />And all that privacy seems to have made this a weird but still very likeable place . The people are very friendly and curious about visitors. They love Americans and Canadians aren't far behind it seems. The countryside is beautiful. Spectacular and still snow covered peaks at 8,000 feet. Deep valleys with mountain streams still running clear. Distinct little villages with stone slate roofs ... A little too much trash for my liking (ubiquitous little blue plastic bags caught up in the trees standing by the rushing streams) but that seems to be the norm in a place that is still learning how to consume.<br /><br />The entire country is 200 miles top to bottom (Vermont roughly?) but populated by three million Albanians. A cross of muslim, orthodox and christian faiths, much of which lay dormant during the communist period and perhaps accounting for little in the way of religious strife. Have seen some terrific towns and villages that probably won't ring any bells. ... Korca in the southeast has tight little streets and a pedestrian mall rivaling Church street in Burlington. Some of the most wonderful iconic religious paintings on display here and also in a nearby mountain village named Voscopoja. Also nearby is the stone retreat of Dardha at the end of a perilous mountain road, an isolated little spot that provided refuge from the Ottoman Turks that ruled here for over 400 years.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shortly after my arrival I gave a lecture at the University of Polis in Tirana. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did the talk on Making Good Towns ... In Norway, Switzerland and Vermont. Could include Albania I think. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we're going to tour Girokaster and from there on to Butrimt, a classical and preserved ruin that we were told we shouldn't miss.</span><br />
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In a <a href="http://truexcullins.blogspot.com/2013/02/making-good-homes-conditions-and.html">February blog post</a>, Lee Grutchfield and I discussed the challenges involved in making good and affordable places to live. We’ve made some progress on this front, and we’re back to share what we’ve done to date.<br />
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The criteria, as we described it, is to design a home that is affordable, easy to build, healthy, beautiful, durable and energy efficient. We want to make these houses so they can be manufactured under controlled circumstances and then shipped in manageable parts to the building site. And we want to erect houses in 2 months rather than the 4-6 months often required for homes of modest proportion and size.<br />
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So together with Josh Chafe, our young and creative cohort, we have begun to define and execute homes that fulfill the criteria we described. Thus far we’ve been working with designs that are basically one room wide. We’ve looked at archtypes in the factory housing of Sheldon Springs, going back 25 years to work that Rolf did with Roland Batten, and we looked carefully at the houses strung along Mansfield Avenue in Burlington, Vermont. There are lessons in these houses worth studying, such as advantages in ventilation and ease of shipping attributable to building widths of one room.<br />
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We are also working on a standard system of dimensioning. This is not a new concept: witness Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian houses spread through portions of North America. Wright’s work exhibits both elegance and quiet beauty in the establishment of order and hierarchy. In this vein, we are utilizing modules of 48” increments and utilizing common window widths and room sizes to achieve this order.<br />
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In our work, we are utilizing a standard system of components applicable to homes of differing overall size. By this we mean that a single bathroom or kitchen layout can be used in a 1400 square foot house as well as one that is 1800 square feet. By using common components, we can drive down the cost and increase the efficiency.<br />
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In our sketches below we show 3 slightly different houses. They vary in size and program but have strong similarities. They exhibit options that will give home buyers discretion in how they arrange component parts. The designs can be pre-made or manufactured off site and they exhibit simple dimensioning systems that are economical and elegant. The designs run from 1400 to 2200 square feet and contain different program components for those with larger families or those who have chosen to work at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our hope is to build several of these homes in a new development near Burlington. If you have suggestions, questions or comments, we would love to hear from you!<br />
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</span>Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-44755289273500243392013-04-18T14:11:00.000-04:002013-04-18T14:12:29.689-04:00TruexCullins Offices Under Construction<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our earthbag wall is rising! Well, in this case, we are using air, but the end result is the same: we are building an "earthbag" structure inside our offices at 209 Battery Street to symbolize and celebrate our work in Nepal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In an <a href="http://truexcullins.blogspot.com/2013/03/building-hope-for-women-of-nepal.html">earlier post</a>, we described this method of earthbag construction, being used by Edge of Seven to build new schools for disadvantaged girls in rural Nepal. Diantha Korzun is currently assisting Edge of Seven with the design of the latest earthbag construction project, a new school and community center at <a href="http://truexcullins.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-new-school-and-community-center.html">Mankhu Village Farm</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what's our airbag wall all about? You will see it in the front lobby of our space, where the walls are forming a makeshift classroom facing Battery Street. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We acquired some polypropylene rice bags and have been inflating them to emulate the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">real earthbag walls being built in Nepal. The room that is forming has become an ad-hoc meeting space. It has become a teaching tool. And the rising walls have become a symbol of the upward mobility that these projects are affording to the girls of Nepal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">At Sparky's retirement party on <strong>May 9</strong>, everyone will be invited to help us expand the construction. We are looking forward to this being a fun, interactive event!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We've collected all the info about our extended campaign with Edge of Seven into one mini-website: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For info about the earthbag construction projects, Sparky's </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">party on May 9, and the October trek to Everest Base Camp, check out: <a href="http://www.truexcullins.com/sparky">www.truexcullins.com/sparky</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You've heard us say that the interiors of the new Hotel Vermont will be all about Vermont, reveling in all its funky, earthy, independent spirit.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This is true both in style and execution.</span><br />
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We have worked with Bruce and Jeff on many projects, and we are thrilled that their work will be featured in Hotel Vermont. Here are a few more photos from their studio workshop in Shelburne where this furniture is taking shape: </span><br />
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<br />Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-71232074283312931962013-04-08T09:56:00.001-04:002013-04-08T09:56:47.659-04:00Building Hope, One Bag at a Time<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In an earlier blog post, <a href="http://truexcullins.blogspot.com/2013/03/building-hope-for-women-of-nepal.html">we described the innovative building technique</a> known as earthbag construction that is being used to build schools in the rural countryside of Nepal. <a href="http://truexcullins.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-new-school-and-community-center.html">We shared the details of our own earthbag construction project</a> that we are designing with Edge of Seven. And <a href="http://truexcullins.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-celebration-and-call-to-action.html">we invited you to celebrate with us</a> as we commemorate the transition for Sparky Millikin from TruexCullins Managing Principal to Himalayan mountain climber.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, these is one more surprise we have in store. To build excitement for our earthbag construction project in Mankhu Village in Nepal, we are building a wall of our own in our offices at 209 Battery Street in Burlington.<br />
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The “earthbags” will come together during Sparky’s retirement party on Thursday, May 9th. For a $50 tax-deductible donation to <a href="http://edgeofseven.org/">Edge of Seven</a>, we will place your name on a polypropylene bag like the ones we will use to construct a new community center for Nepalese girls. As our wall rises, it will symbolize our collective efforts to lift up these girls out of poverty and raise opportunities for all.<br />
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In Nepal, your donation will go far to educate and empower girls and break the cycle of poverty. Edge of Seven is a non-profit organization that works closely with local NGOs to ensure that all projects are carried out in a cost-effective manner. In 2010 and 2011, less than 10% of donations went toward administrative costs.<br />
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<a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/truexcullins-nepal"><b>Donate Today!</b></a> You can make a donation through our crowdrise site at: </span><a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/truexcullins-nepal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.crowdrise.com/truexcullins-nepal</span></a><br />
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After a long and distinguished career in design and construction, Robert “Sparky” Millikin is now retiring as Managing Principal of TruexCullins. Sparky has been instrumental in the success of this firm. He is respected in the office and the community at large as a trusted business leader and mentor.<br />
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Please join us on <strong>Thursday May 9</strong> from 5 to 9pm to celebrate the career of Sparky Millikin.<br />
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The party will be catered by <strong>Sherpa Kitchen</strong>, Burlington’s own Nepalese restaurant. </span></div>
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As a gesture of goodwill to Sparky for his retirement, please consider joining us in supporting his work with Edge of Seven. You may make a donation through our crowdrise site at </span><a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/truexcullins-nepal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.crowdrise.com/truexcullins-nepal</span></a><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So please join us on May 9 to learn about upcoming adventure opportunities, taste Nepalese food from Sherpa Kitchen, and wish Sparky "happy trails" in his retirement.</span>Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-6458139823170979182013-03-30T09:00:00.000-04:002013-04-03T12:41:04.667-04:00TruexCullins Supports Burlington City Arts <br />
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* Prices do not include international airfare. The Island Peak climb adds 3 additional days and $800 to the trip total. Trekkers opting for the cultural tour of Edge of Seven’s projects should contact Edge of Seven for a custom itinerary and pricing: <a href="http://www.edgeofseven.org/">www.edgeofseven.org</a> </div>
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Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-11954520219177088652013-03-21T10:55:00.000-04:002013-03-21T10:55:45.149-04:00Tips for Collaborative Workplace Design published in Free Press Business pages<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Matthew Bushey</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">In today’s workplace, one of the biggest challenges we face is how to foster creative teamwork while allowing for privacy and concentration. Most office workers spend their time split between group meetings and individual tasks, so it is difficult to apply a one-size-fits-all solution and expect good results.<br />
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently announced plans to eliminate her company’s work-at-home policy, ordering everyone back to the office. In explaining the change, the company cited the need for greater communication and collaboration.<br />
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This rationale follows the general industry trend toward a more open and collaborative workplace. There is an increased recognition that the most creative problem-solving does not occur by an individual behind closed doors, but rather by a group effort of people putting their heads together.<br />
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Over the past few years the walls have been coming down, and more people are moving out of the private office into an open office setting. The problem here - and the reason many Yahoo employees had chosen to work from home – is that the visual distractions and noisy interruptions of the office prevent them from focusing on their work.<br />
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This is one of the biggest challenges we face with the design of the workplace: How to provide a comfortable balance between teamwork and individual privacy.<br />
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The first place we start is with the design and planning of the open office workstation. Repetitive rows of Dilbert-style cubicles do a poor job of providing privacy, and they are not conducive to group work. One solution is to break out of the box and think about alternative planning modules, or scatter workstations in a layout that gives each person a unique boundary and line of sight. The in-between spaces then become additional opportunities for impromptu collaboration, while promoting individuality.</span><br />
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Another method to support conflicting work styles is to provide a variety of spaces that people can use throughout the day as their needs change. Working in an open office is more accepted if other spaces are available for a private phone call or a quiet one-on-one meeting with a colleague. These are not scheduled rooms. They are free for anyone to use on a moment’s notice.</span><br />
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The move by Yahoo is a sign that companies are starting to rethink the role of the workplace. In this age of remote access and virtual meetings, the message is clear that face-to-face interaction is still valued for successful teamwork. Ultimately to be effective, our spaces need to be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of groups and individuals alike.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XOImbHvh4ABSJIrvdijkGtngA4S9fB1uxWnnjMvpSgG3_kCaBf3ma3yf9doKmIF8sxBHzxwiu7ULJ8Bg88FO1t2SWwdh8tQmZbO0ZA9EdRETvJj_NmhfXtZvpM20iCqNmrD4gibzKkz5/s1600/Matt+Bushey_sml2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XOImbHvh4ABSJIrvdijkGtngA4S9fB1uxWnnjMvpSgG3_kCaBf3ma3yf9doKmIF8sxBHzxwiu7ULJ8Bg88FO1t2SWwdh8tQmZbO0ZA9EdRETvJj_NmhfXtZvpM20iCqNmrD4gibzKkz5/s1600/Matt+Bushey_sml2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Matthew Bushey, AIA, LEED AP is a registered architect and the lead project manager for the Workplace Interiors Studio at TruexCullins Architecture and Interior Design. <a href="http://www.truexcullins.com/">www.truexcullins.com</a></em><br />
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</span>Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-35317546279206885072013-03-21T08:00:00.000-04:002013-03-21T08:00:10.603-04:00A Sneak Preview of the Hotel Vermont guestrooms<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are counting down the days until the opening of Hotel Vermont. As you may know from past posts, TruexCullins is designing the interiors for this LEED-certified hotel going up on Cherry Street in Burlington. Last October we shared some renderings of the proposed bar at Juniper Lounge, located on the lobby level of the hotel. Check them out <a href="http://truexcullins.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-sneak-preview-of-juniper-lounge.html">here</a> if you missed it the first time.</span><br />
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Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-87681602079292795482013-03-18T08:00:00.000-04:002013-03-18T08:00:06.959-04:00A New School and Community Center<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many women at Mankhu Village Farm have been victims of sex trafficking or domestic abuse, and, as a result, have nowhere to go. They possess valuable agricultural skills, but have been deprived of the opportunity to achieve independence from their own labor.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />TruexCullins is donating design services for the Mankhu Village Farm. Architect <b>Diantha Korzun</b> and others in our office are supporting Edge of Seven and the team on the ground in Nepal. For projects in the developing world like this one, architects still play a contributing role, but it is one which is substantially redefined from the western model. Here, it is less about pure design or individual style, and more about engaging local communities, working within vernacular aesthetics and finding creative solutions to practical problems.</span><br />
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Interested in supporting this work in Nepal? You can donate now on our Crowdrise site at <a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/truexcullins-nepal">www.crowdrise.com/truexcullins-nepal</a><br />
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Architecture and Interior Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214538321076215842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795339648160880078.post-24809756236748196872013-03-11T08:00:00.000-04:002013-03-19T20:29:51.825-04:00Building Hope for the Women of Nepal<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><a href="http://truexcullins.blogspot.com/2013/03/announcing-special-project-for-nepal.html">Last week</a> we announced an exciting new campaign with <strong><a href="http://edgeofseven.org/">Edge of Seven</a></strong>, a 501(3)c non-profit organization that works to build infrastructure and provide opportunity for women and girls in rural Nepal. Edge of Seven typically partners with local groups in Nepal to facilitate their projects and ensure that they are community focused and locally driven.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Edge of Seven joined one such group, The Small World, and together they have introduced an innovative and sustainable building method for the construction of new schools for Nepalese villages.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #558ed5; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt;">EARTHBAG CONSTRUCTION<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Earthbag construction uses readily-available polypropylene rice bags filled with dirt as primary building blocks. The bags are laid in courses, like bricks, and covered with chicken wire and plaster.<br />
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This building method is environmentally friendly, sturdy and earthquake-resistant. Building with earthbags is affordable and requires less skilled labor than traditional masonry construction, allowing community volunteers to participate in the construction.<br /><br />The first earthbag school in Nepal was built in the village of Phuleli, completed one year ago in February 2012. The facility, located in Nepal’s Everest Region, houses classes 7 and 8, enabling more students to receive an education in a safe and healthy learning environment closer to home.<br /><br />Phuleli is a community plagued by poverty. 90% of families live off of subsistence farming and many families cannot afford to send their students to school. Previously, classes 7 and 8 had to walk 2 hours daily to a neighboring village to attend school. Many families chose to keep their girls at home, concerned about the large volume of household chores and the time away from the fields.<br />
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<br />Another project was recently completed in the village of Basa. Up until this time, there had been only one higher secondary school in the Everest region of Nepal to serve 34 Village Development Committees and a total population of 107,686 people. The Government of Nepal approved the addition of a second higher secondary school in Basa, one of the largest communities with a population of approximately 4,000, to educate 150 students per year.<br /><br />This is a two stage building project that is constructing two structures using the earthbag method. Each building is a two room structure that can hold up to 45 students per room. Again this project is being built in partnership with the local community and Nepali NGO, The Small World.<br /><br />
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<br />We are happy to share the stories of these successful projects by Edge of Seven, but our real interest lies in another project with them, one in which TruexCullins is taking a more active part. More on that next time...</span>
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