Posted by Joe Barnes on May 15th, 2009 in Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
In a recent article in the May 7th edition of Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors publication, Real Estate Weekly, there is a well thought out feature article about farms and estates in the Albemarle County / Charlottesville area written by Joanne Dimaggio — Farms and Estates Offer a Bleand Of Beauty and Lifestyle.
For those of [...]
Posted by Casey Williams on May 10th, 2009 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
Last week, the 5th grade class from Red Hill Elementary came out to Bundoran Farm for a geology field trip. The class stopped by to look for local evidence of the rock cycle, earth history and fossils, weathering and erosion, and human impact upon the environment.
The field trip marked a new collaboration gets with Red [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on May 10th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General, Green Building
If you have been reading George Abetti’s daily updates on the construction of the Baldwin Center, it is easy to understand his passion for his craft and his team. I look forward to recieving these updates at the end of each day. I find them informative and inspirational.
While George takes pride in every project he works [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on May 10th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, Project Updates
We had another great but much less intense and arduous day today….siding the upper front above the porch and then finishing off the cupola by mid afternoon. Matt also handled siding and trimming the gable sides of the porches while Jon and Lucas ran around on top of the roof…. =-O
We are all whipped from [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on May 10th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, Project Updates
We somehow managed to finish both upper gables today–in spite of a torrential rainstorm and the window delivery–both of which we appreciated but delayed our workday almost a couple of hours because the crew was crazy enough to want to finish–which I of course enabled but continuing to cut for them even though we were [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on May 10th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, General, Project Updates
We had an incredible day today–after starting shiplapping yesterday afternoon at two we are just a few feet short of completing the entire lower level of the building–and we worked cooperatively in tandem with the pouring the concrete floor for the entire day as well. I cut, Lucas and Jon were nailing respectively on and [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on May 10th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, General, Project Updates
The crew went off the charts today getting the entire building wrapped by just after lunch–and then we settled into the groove and ran shiplap along the front porch for the remaining three hours. I took a few more pictures of the framing before we took the traumatic step of wrapping it up….but the siding [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on May 4th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, General, Project Updates
We had a productive and intense day today–most of it spent on the roof of the cupola putting up the rafters and roofing, as well as on the porch installing the roofing panels there. We are all tired form the long week but grateful to have gotten the building–with the exception of the second story [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on May 4th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, General, Project Updates
While I was home in Vermont for several days the guys got most of the deck and porch done–in unseasonably hot muggy weather and so much pollen the green roof actually turned yellow….yuk…
Today we put the purlins on the porch roof and then spent the rest of the day framing the cupola. We were delightfully [...]