By Gwen Nagy-Benson|2025-09-19T09:52:41-04:00September 19th, 2025|Design, Inspiration, People|Comments Off on VIA VIDEO
Gimme Shelter…
Village Center Apartments, Morrisville, VT Gimme Shelter... On a very basic level, our work as architects is to provide shelter (apologies to the Rolling Stones, whose song is really about war, not housing). Given the ongoing housing shortage in Vermont, we’re proud to be working on several housing projects
VIA Summer Tour 2025
Back row (L to R): Ellie Krause, Gina Basiliere, Marc Young, Andrea Murray, Gwen Nagy-Benson, Cat Earley. Middle row (L to R): Bill Maclay, Ely Fretz, Susan Coddaire, Beth Eisenhower, Megan Nedzinski, Jesse Gillette, Nick Wood, Ashar Nelson, Ellie Odefey. Front row (L to R): Griffin Perry, Chris Cook, Sara Looman, Ben Allred, Stefan
Focusing on Resilience – VIA’s 2024 Retreat
The new Waterbury Municipal Center (completed in 2016) narrowly escaped flooding in July 2023. After flooding from 2011's Tropical Storm Irene destroyed the former town office building, siting the new building further out of the flood plain was a key design decision. Focusing on Resilience - VIA's 2024 Retreat
Fairbanks Museum Science Annex Wins Award
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium Receives 2024 Preservation Trust Award The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium received a Preservation Award at the Preservation Trust of Vermont's recent conference in Bellows Falls. The new science annex addresses universal accessibility with a three-story elevator that opens the balcony to all visitors for the first time. It
Stronger Together!
Maclay Architects Will Become Vermont Integrated Architecture - Maclay Studio Maclay Architects and Vermont Integrated Architecture, P.C. (VIA) are excited to announce that Maclay Architects will become VIA (“Maclay Studio”) as of January 1, 2024. Bill Maclay has been practicing in the Mad River Valley for over 50 years and
Ilsley Presentation
VIA's Conceptual Design for the Ilsley 100 Design Competition The historic Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury, Vermont is in desperate need of additional space and significant building upgrades. VIA was one of three finalists in the Ilsley 100 Design Competition who were invited to create conceptual designs for the library's renovation. Each firm presented their
A Hall for Every Town
Cornwall, Vermont Town Hall A Hall for Every Town Town halls, along with libraries and churches, play an important role in the life and identity of each little town in New England and beyond. As meeting places for town boards and committees, repositories of essential current and historical records,
Megan Shares Expertise and Carbon Research
Megan presents research at NESEA BuildingEnergy Boston in 2022. Megan Shares Expertise and Carbon Research Megan will be co-presenting a session with Andy Shapiro (Energy Balance, Inc) at Better Buildings about the VNRC headquarters renovation. Entitled VNRC Deep Energy/Net Zero Retrofit: A Silk Purse out of a Sow’s Ear,
There’s More Than One Way to Skin a Timber Frame
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Timber Frame VIA and construction partner, Northern Timbers Construction, devised an innovative way to put a skin on a timber frame for a new home in Cornwall. The main portion of the residence is framed using a traditional timber





