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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

By |2024-06-19T12:24:41-04:00June 19th, 2024|Uncategorized|0 Comments

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

By |2023-11-02T14:27:07-04:00November 2nd, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

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

By |2023-08-14T16:15:25-04:00August 13th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

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,

By |2023-03-08T09:46:27-05:00February 15th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

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

By |2022-08-30T12:34:13-04:00August 30th, 2022|Build, Creative, Design|0 Comments

Planning for a New Banking Future

Conceptual rendering of Brandon branch reception area. Planning for a New Banking Future With seven branches throughout Addison County, the National Bank of Middlebury (NBM) embarked on a master planning exercise in 2020 to better understand its building resources and each one’s role in the bank’s future. As the

By |2022-08-23T13:32:16-04:00August 23rd, 2022|Uncategorized|0 Comments

VNRC Gut Rehab – Why Bother?

Vermont Natural Resources Council Headquarters - 11 Baldwin Street, Montpelier, VT VNRC Gut Rehab - Why Bother? Is it possible to turn a 19th-century historic structure into a high-performance or even net-zero energy building?  And if so, why go to all that trouble instead of tearing the building down

Affordable Housing Update

Vergennes Community Housing Affordable Housing Update Vergennes Community Housing Celebrates One Year Morrisville Apartment Building Under Construction New Project Underway in Putney The affordable housing shortage in our community and throughout Vermont is very much on our minds of late. Shelter is one of humanity’s basic needs and

By |2021-10-07T15:01:02-04:00October 7th, 2021|Inspiration, Project Update, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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