Member News

AIA Vermont Public Policy Committee Members Serve on State Committees

Bob Duncan, AIA, Sandra Vithuzme, AIA, and Michael Chaucer, Assoc. AIA will all be serving as members on the IRC Study Committee, organized by the Department of Fire Safety.

Matt Bushey, AIA will serve as AIAVT's representative on the Building Energy Working Group, which will continue the work of the Building Energy Code Study Committee that met throughout 2023 and genreated a report for legislators that detailed the need for education and compliance for the Vermont Building Energy Codes. 

R. Edwards & Company Wins Preservation Trust Award

R. Edwards & Company is honored to have been awarded a 2024 Preservation Award from the Preservation Trust of Vermont for the recently rehabilitated North Calais Memorial Hall and East Calais General Store which were recognized alongside three other recently completed Calais projects at this year's Downtown & Historic Preservation Conference held in Bellows Falls in June. Both projects saw the revitalization of two of the most historically and culturally significant buildings in Calais, with the East Calais General Store becoming the first fossil-fuel free general store in the state of Vermont. Learn more.

Sustainable Design, LLC Wins a VT Greenest Building Award & Juror's Choice Awards

Sustainable Design, LLC recently received the 2023 Vermont Green Building Award + Juror's Choice for the renovation of our 1860 farmhouse home/office. This 1860s farmhouse, submitted by Sustainable Design, LLC, was left vacant for several years. As part of this project, the house was moved and placed on a new insulated foundation. The house was gutted, air sealed and insulated, including exterior insulation, exceeding current new construction Energy Code requirements. Windows and siding were also replaced. The existing slate roofing on the farmhouse was left in place, and the house is clad with white corrugated aluminum, mimicking narrow clapboards. The two small additions are clad in slate siding and have metal roofs. The propane tank, boiler and two chimneys were removed; a ground source heat pump and ERV were installed. The farmhouse framing, roof, sloping floors and structure remain intact. Learn more.

Scott + Partners Wins a VT Greenest Building Award

Scott + Partners receied a Vermont Green Building Award for their UVM Medical Center Adult Primary Care Project. This primary care clinic includes 15 exam rooms, one telehealth space, Lab/Blood Draw space, patient registration and waiting, provider workspace, flexible conference space for staff/public and clinical support areas. This project obtained LEED certification in 2022. AIAVT members ReArch Company and Cx Associates were also members of the project team.

Carolyn Bates New Book Published: Street Mural of Burlington

Take a photographic romp through the streets of Burlington, Vermont. Photographer, Carolyn Bates and other contributing artists capture the many examples of public artistry in the form of paintings and murals on buildings, fences, and walls, all over the city. Carolyn Bates will be giving talks and tours for about her new books on the following dates:

• Sept 7, 2:30 pm, Ron Hernandez Studio, 339A Pine ST . Pine St Murals book talk.
• Sept 12, 6:30pm, Shelburne Library, tour & talk.
• Oct 5, 1pm. FFLibrary, 235 College St, Burlington, downtown murals.

https://carolynsgallerystore.myshopify.com/collections/all

Birdseye Included in Venice Art Biennale Exhibition

Birdseye is honored to have been invited back to Venice, Italy by the European Cultural Centre (ECC) to take part in their “Personal Structures” Exhibition during the 2024 Venice Art Biennale. The artwork is on view in Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy until November 24th, 2024. https://personalstructures.com/participants/brian-j-mac-faia/

Birdseye Kicks Off Architecture Student Residency Program

Birdseye is excited to host Cassidy Frost this summer for our inaugural Architecture Student Residency. Cassidy is from Charlotte, VT and studies architecture at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The residency program lets students explore their own architectural ideas related to the art and craft of shelter-making within the Vermont landscape in a non-academic setting among building professionals across Birdseye.

Burlington Cathedral Demolition Case Heads to Vermont Supreme Court

The City of Burlington issued a zoning permit in 2023 that gave permission to demolish the former Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, winner of an AIAVT 75 Year Award. Preservation Burlington is appealing the case to the Vermont Supreme court, which will hold a hearing next month. See details here.