TruexCullins Hires Arthur “Cam” Featherstonhaugh, Robert Jimenez and Lynda Pibus

TruexCullins Architecture and Interior Design has added three new people to their team:
Cam Featherstonhaugh, Robert Jimenez and Lynda Pibus.

Cam Featherstonhaugh 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.

Featherstonhaugh grew up in Northfield, VT and now lives with his wife and son in Montpelier.

Robert Jimenez has relocated to Vermont to join the Home and Education Studios at TruexCullins. Previously he worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he gained over eight years of experience in several busy design firms.  He earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He served as a board member of the Northern Liberties Urban Design Committee in Philadelphia and was an Associate in AIA Pennsylvania. 

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.

Lynda Pibus 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.

She has lives in Burlington’s New North End with her husband.

A View Inside Burlington's New Hotel Vermont

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.

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.

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!

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You can also read the story from the WCAX webpage here.

VT Schools Face Challenges Funding Construction

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.

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.

WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-

You can also view this story on the WCAX webpage.

King Street Center Unveils New Building

New King Street Center design by TruexCullins

Our neighbor King Street Center is growing and expanding their space. TruexCullins Architecture 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.

The new King Street Center will be a 4.5 million dollar 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 the use of day lighting and high quality mechanical and lighting systems.

 

Design is currently underway and construction is expected to start in early 2014 with completion in the late fall of 2014.  To make a donation please contact the King Street Center.

 

Many joined in to celebrate the unveiling of plans for the new King Street Center.

 

King Street Center Executive Director Vicki Smith






Chair of the Board of Directors Clarence Davis

The Honorable Madeleine Kunin



Bob and Holly Miller



Bob Stiller from The Stiller Foundation

 

Architect Rolf Kielman and Tom Clavelle

 




 King Street Center Lemonade Stand

 

 

View more photos on the King Street Center Facebook page.

 

 

Sparky Millikin's Retirement Party and Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone who played a part in the party Thursday 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!

This is life changing for the girls, women, and the villages of rural Nepal.

Thanks to each and every one of you and God bless.

Cheers!

Spark

Thank you for Sherpa Kitchen for the wonderful food and Sugar Snap for excellent bar service.

Travel Notes from Albania

by Rolf Kielman

We just received this message from Rolf, who is travelling through Eastern Europe along the Adriatic Sea. As always, we love reading about the adventures of our colleagues on their global travels, especially when they are to some of the more lesser-known corners of the world.

Rolf writes from a small city in Albania. While visiting the region, Rolf gave a lecture at the University of Polis in Tirana on Making Good Towns, showing examples from Norway, Switzerland and Vermont.

 
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.

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.

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.

Shortly after my arrival I gave a lecture at the University of Polis in Tirana. I did the talk on Making Good Towns ... In Norway, Switzerland and Vermont. Could include Albania I think.  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.