Posted by ppeery on December 3rd, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, General, Green Building
Ilex Construction & Woodworking, Inc. is a proud member of the Bundoran Farm Guild. They have been working with clients for 25 years to build or remodel some of the finest homes in the region. Ilex’s talented employees work hard to shape our clients dreams into a tangible reality. There is no mistaking the feel [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 2nd, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Geobarns Updates, Green Building, Nature/Environment
It has been a tough couple of days with pouring rain, high winds, the onset of an intense cold front, and no sleep due to staying in the camper that replicates a snare drum in the current weather. We worked as best we could–getting drenched yesterday with just myself and Thom–and then today in gale [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 2nd, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Geobarns Updates, Green Building, Project Updates
Some of the crew worked last Wednesday and then all of us were there today at full strength–mostly diagonally framing the walls and also putting on the upper beam in the bridal area. The building is taking shape and the herringbone wall bays really set it off with sunlight and shadows… We were also very [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 2nd, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Geobarns Updates, Green Building, Nature/Environment
We had a great day today–which made me pretty happy as a precursor to driving home tonight after picking up my youngest son and his bride in Washington DC…. The bridal loft floor system is done and flooring has started–and we began framing the walls of the venue center with some basic tutorials in diagonal [...]
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Posted by ppeery on December 2nd, 2010 in Architecture and Design, General, Geobarns Updates, Green Building
The day with one frustration after another starting with my not having ordered 5/8″ washers which were crucial to the task of one of the crews…and I had to get harnesses and safety lines as well…so things were slower getting started due to my disarray–as well as having to deal with some administrative headaches. One [...]
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Posted by ppeery on November 19th, 2010 in Architecture and Design, General, Geobarns Updates, Green Building, Nature/Environment, Project Updates
The day began at midnight last night with a thunderstorm and high winds–shaking my camper until I thought it was going to roll over–and then a midnight run down the hill to the site where most of the tarps had been ripped off the lumber, now exposed to driving rain. For most of yesterday–instead of [...]
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Posted by ppeery on November 8th, 2010 in Agriculture, General, Green Building, Project Updates
The Daily Progress published a front page story by Sharon Fitzgerald on Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards which is currently under construction at Bundoran Farm. It’s a good story profiling how a powerful vision, solid planning and experienced and passionate team can lead to the development of what will be a great addition to Bundoran [...]
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Posted by ppeery on August 18th, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, General, Green Building, Project Updates
One of the underlying goals of Bundoran Farm is to preserve the character and use of this legacy Charlottesville property. Extraordinary measures were taken in locating homesites and roads so they worked with and blended into the landscape. In addition having the roads “lay lightly” on the land within the boundaries of Bundoran Farm, we [...]
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Posted by ppeery on June 11th, 2010 in Agriculture, Architecture and Design, General, Green Building, Nature/Environment, Project Updates
Bundoran Farm was the subject of a feature article in the June/July 2010 Issue of Virginia Sportsman magazine. Written by Hay Hardy, the article provides an excellent overview of the Bundoran Farm’s three fold vision of protecting the character and use of the working agrarian landscape, provide for ongoing environmental stewardship and create opportunities for families who [...]
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Posted by David Hamilton on March 18th, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, General, Green Building
And from the same source, this article detailing the struggle of U2 guitarist “The Edge,” who’s attempting to build a “luxury green” community of a handful of 7,000-12,000 square foot homes in the Santa Monica Mountains, above Malibu, California. Environmental groups, regulatory agencies, and rock stars are definitely not seeing eye-to-eye on the project. The [...]
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