Posted by David Hamilton on January 22nd, 2010 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, Education and Inspiration, General
We received a nice mention of our inaugural symposium in the new issue of The Piedmont Virginian, a beautiful publication focusing on landscape and culture of Virginia. Apologies for the scan: there’s no online version: BCPD-Symposium-PVMag-Jan-2010
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Posted by David Hamilton on January 11th, 2010 in Agriculture, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration
The Bundoran Farm team just visited with a friend, Collins Huff, of Gryffon’s Aerie. Collins and his wife Ramona run one of the most remarkable grass-fed beef operations in the country, and it happens to be here in Albemarle County. As if on cue, Collins’ visit to the Baldwin Center was presaged by a feature on [...]
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Posted by David Hamilton on December 13th, 2009 in Agriculture, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration
In defiance of economic conditions, my wife and I recently had the opportunity to dine with some friends at Jean-Georges in New York. The grandparents foolishly offered to host the kids overnight, and before they finished the sentence, Hillary and I were in the New York suburbs. If you haven’t heard of JG, it’s the flagship of JG Vongerichten, quite [...]
Posted by David Hamilton on December 12th, 2009 in Agriculture, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration
I just got a chance to have lunch with Friend-of-Bundoran Andrew Morley. Andrew is an interesting fellow who has decided to take an extended break from the world of hedge funds (whatever those are) and focus on something really exciting: artisanal cheese. During his journey through the world of artisanal cheeses, Andrew has worked and [...]
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Posted by David Hamilton on December 10th, 2009 in Agriculture, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General
My favorite moment in publishing is the end-of-year retrospective. The New York Times Magazine is set to publish its Year in Ideas, which this year includes Virginia’s recent action to promote connectivity in new subdivisions. As is often the case, a very well-intentioned idea that generally promotes good planning practice is, in the context of [...]
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Posted by David Hamilton on November 30th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General
Here at the Baldwin Center, we subscribe to several web news feeds that track studies, stories and statistics on farmland and development pressure. The remarkable similarity of many of these stories (“Planning Commission Supports Additional Farmland Protection Measures”) illustrates how universal are the issues we’ve chosen to address with this foundation. Recently, however, as so many [...]
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Posted by ppeery on November 30th, 2009 in Agriculture, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General, Green Building, Nature/Environment
Bundoran Farm was featured in the most recent issue of The Darden Report, the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business’ magazine. The article, entitled “Taking Sustainability Mainstream” highlights our overall approach to developing the property in manner that is sustainable and preserves the use and character of the land. Joe Barnes, Bundoran Farm [...]
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Posted by David Hamilton on November 28th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, General, Green Building, Project Updates
The last few weeks of Baldwin Center construction were pretty hectic. More than once, carpenter Matt Crane and I wondered if we were finishing the building, or vice versa. Followers of our progress will note that blog entries declined precipitously in September, blog frequency being a pretty good indicator of stress. Below are some images of the [...]
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Posted by ppeery on October 26th, 2009 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, Project Updates
The Baldwin Center for Preservation Development hosted their inaugural symposium, Residential Development and the Working Landscape on October 15th and 16th at their new facilities located on Bundoran Farm. Over fifty participants with a variety of backgrounds, including farmers, developers, non-profit land conservation organizations, government officials, and leading academics came from across the country [...]
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Posted by ppeery on September 6th, 2009 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, General, Project Updates
Matt’s crew completed the upper vaulted ceiling–which literally takes your breath away walking up the now almost completed stairway to get there….it is beyond gorgeous and far beyond what we envisioned in the design phase almost a year ago. Everyone who stops by is in awe–it just seems to fit together–and these pictures only capture [...]