Over the years, back alleyways, sidewalls of gas stations, brick walls on abandoned warehouses have become stages for wonderful lyrical “graffitti”. Scavenger Hunt Time! More Information About The Murals Wall That: More New Murals Pop Up in Vermont by Sadie Williams Earlier this month we told you about five new murals around the state. It didn't take long for even more to pop out of the … [Read more...]
AIA VT Annual Meeting
Lincoln Peak Gate House, Sugarbush Resort, WarrenDecember 7, 2017Photos • by Carolyn Bates Longtime Vermont architects Bill Maclay, founder of Maclay Architects, and David Sellers, founder of Sellers & Co., were recognized at the AIA-VT annual meeting for having been named to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. The College of Fellows is the AIA’s highest … [Read more...]
Dwell Shares The Coolest Home Covered In Mirrored Glass
A Mirrored Mexican Home Hides Among a Lush Forest By Michele Koh Morollo – March 7, 2018 Covered in mirrored glass that’s transparent when viewed from within, the façade of this Mexican forest retreat reflects the color, light, and movements of its natural surroundings. Located on a lush woodland hillside of Monterrey, Mexico, this reflective retreat—also known as Los Terrenos, meaning … [Read more...]
Dwell Features Frank Lloyd Wright’s Desert Retreat and School in Arizona
Tour Frank Lloyd Wright's Spectacular Desert Retreat and School in Arizona Anna Jones / Published by Dwell – March 7, 2018 A masterful extension of the desert landscape in Scottsdale, Taliesin West is a living memorial to the inspiring life and work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Built in 1937, Taliesin West was an experiment in desert living that evolved at the hands of master architect Frank Lloyd … [Read more...]
New Plan for City Hall Park Will Remove 60% of the Trees. Please Help Save Our Trees!
Do you want 39 of our remaining 56 trees taken down with the new City Hall Park redesign plan? And 1/3 of the park to be impermeable hardscape? Do you want this historic fountain to be replaced with a concrete FLAT splash pad, that could be used as a shower with a potential huge liability? Do you want over $3MIL of tax payer money to be spent doing this? Wouldn't it be great to leave our trees, … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday to My Mom
Marie Louise Gartside BatesMay 1, 1918-2016 When I look back at my time spent with my mom, one of my favorite memories is the day we spent holding hands, laughing and jumping the waves in Maui, Hawaii in 1992. Last week I started to look through old photos, looking for one to use on Facebook for my mom’s May 1st birthday. Voila, there was one from Maui! The color … [Read more...]
Kane Cabins
Take a look at the cabins About the Architect: Kane Architecture explores the integration of architecture and place. Kane Architecture provides a full range of architectural design services including programming, space planning, interior design and landscape architecture. The firm provides complete design, construction and bidding documentation and contract administration … [Read more...]
A look at Wheel Pad, an accessible small space
Wheel Pad, winner of World Architecture News 2016 Small Spaces Award, is a 200 sq.ft. accessible bedroom and bathroom that can be attached to an existing home. It is an affordable, eco-friendly, non-toxic, immediately available living space offering privacy, and supporting the independence of individuals with mobility issues. Our goal is to respectfully and supportively provide transitional … [Read more...]
A look at the Art World’s Biggest Protest
Christo in his studio with a preparatory collage for Over The River 2011 Photo: Wolfgang Volz © 2011 Christo Statement by Christo, January 25, 2017 “After pursuing Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado, for 20 years and going through five years of legal arguments, I no longer wish to wait on the outcome. I have decided to devote all of my energy, time and resources … [Read more...]
Art Watch: Christo and his Floating Piers
Christo and Jeanne-Claude The Floating Piers, Lake Iseo, Italy, 2014-16 Photo: Wolfgang Volz © 2016 Christo For sixteen days – June 18 through July 3, 2016 – Italy’s Lake Iseo was reimagined. 100,000 square meters of shimmering yellow fabric, carried by a modular floating dock system of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes, undulated with the movement of the waves as The Floating Piers rose … [Read more...]
INCREDIBLE STORY – I CAN RETURN SO EASILY by Jerry Johnson
When my four brothers and I were kids, our parents would take us on vacations to Cape Cod. Invariably, we would rent a cottage at Grand Cove in West Dennis. Just up the road from the cottage was an artist who painted seascapes and old clipper ships. His name was Alfred Gabali. I would say to him, “Sir, your paintings are incredible. It’s as if one can look right down through the waves. Your … [Read more...]
A Cozy Carriage House Conversion
An 1869 Barn Receives an Authentic Restoration Story by Marisa Crumb • Photos by Carolyn BatesVERMONT HOMES AND GARDEN • March 2017 THE STATELY ITALIANATE HOUSE THAT SITS on a secluded double lot in the historic south side of Burlington has a delightful companion in the form of a lovingly restored carriage house just steps away. The cheerful dwellers in the carriage barn, Jack and Peggy Mentes, … [Read more...]
Douglas Keister’s collection of Glass Negative photographs on the world stage
Douglas Keister is Featured in Dailymail.com Dignity in the face of oppression: Incredible pictures capture the everyday life of African Americans in Jim Crow-era Nebraska By Ann Schmidt For Dailymail.comPublished: 10:48 EST, 20 February 2017 | Updated: 14:40 EST, 20 February 2017 • Amateur photographer John Johnson took hundreds of pictures of the African American and immigrant … [Read more...]
Feature in Old House Journal: BOLD INTENTIONS
ONCE THE HUB OF A DAIRY FARM, LARGELY UNCHANGED, SIMPLE AND TRADITIONAL, THIS FARMHOUSE IN RURAL VERMONT HAPPILY EMBRACES COLOR USED WITHOUT INHIBITION. BY REGINA COLE | PHOTOS BY CAROLYN BATES Artist and interior designer Jenny Blanchard has an uninhibited aesthetic that developed in the far-flung places she has lived. Rooms in her old Vermont farmhouse show her penchant for creat-ing spaces that … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas!
I hope that you are all able to take a little time an do something you enjoy this holiday season whether it is fly fishing on the Mad River like Jerry Johnson or spending time with friends and family. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!- Carolyn Bates How to Make a Holiday Card ?❄️??❄️??❄️??❄️??❄️ Want to know how the card was made? See what I did to make this year's Christmas … [Read more...]
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