Woodhill Residence wins Virginia Sustainable Building Network’s “Best Residential Project Award”

The Woodhill Residence at Bundoran Farm won the Virginia Sustainable Building Network’s ‘Best Residential Project Award.’  Congratulations to all involved in this wonderful project includingJeff Sties with Sunbiosis,  custom builder  Artisan Construction and most importantly, John and Diane Foraste, the owners of this home, patrons of this project and Bundoran Farm Founding Stewards.    

Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards Opens Friday, June 17th

Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards, situated at Bundoran Farm, opens to the public on Friday, June 17, 2011. Design Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards is posed to to be Central Virginia’s most comprehensive boutique winery and vineyard.  Located on Bundoran Farm and just minutes from the University of Virginia and Downtown Charlottesville, Pippin Hill Farm [...]

Another Construction Start at Bundoran Farm

Construction activity at Bundoran Farm continues to keep pace with the recent positive sales activity. Last week we held the on-site, pre-construction meeting with Sandy and Betsy Stuart on their homesite at Bundoran Farm.  Architect Andy Andrews skillfully designed a classical Virginia Farmhouse to sit in around the site of a former farm cottage.  Sandy [...]

Ballyshannon Bridge Installed

Last week the Ballyshannon Bridge was installed at Bundoran Farm.   Extraordinary steps where taken to locate and design the bridge to limit its impact on the existing stream.  The bridge has been placed at the location of an existing stream crossing and was designed to allow the free flow of water and wildlife along the [...]

Artisan Construction Achieves Gold

This past December, Bundoran Farm Guild Member, Artisan Construction, Inc. certified its third EarthCraft project, Woodhill, at the Gold level. Woodhill will also be Artisan’s third project certified under the LEED for Homes Rating System with Artisan having participated in the pilot phase of the young LEED Program and earlier, in the EarthCraft program’s pilot [...]

Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards – DAY 42: finicky framing, wrestling with rafters, superb siding

Today marks the end of our tenth week on site at Bundoran Farm –and we are all thrilled with where are on the job as time has flown since our mid-November start.  One of the crews got into a good rhythm and got all the staging area girders set and bolted and began running the [...]

Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards – DAY THIRTEEN: rafters, gussets and diagonal framing

Today was a great day–even though it was actually colder than
yesterday…the difference being we were more prepared for it and caught
less off guard that we are actually working in winter cold.  The guys
were great–Matt and Thom diagonally framed all day, Ben and Curt cut
rafters all day long after we ascertained how to lay them out [...]

Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards – DAY TEN: machines & mud, bolts & beams

We had a great day today which was a great antidote to the last two through which we struggled, slogged and stressed out.  The crew ran full tilt today and we have half the upper beams done–all ensconced in their massive steel fabricated saddles.  I was able to keep the guys supplied with routered 2x12x24 [...]

Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards – DAYS SEVEN & EIGHT: diagonal framing/geometric delight

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 [...]

Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards – DAY FOUR: girders, buttresses, taking shape with an amazing crew

Well….we had a truly fabulous day–as much with the crew jelling and
consolidating into a well oiled machine–as with how much high
visibility production took place.  One crew got all the high girders up
to the post tops–as far as they can go until the rest of the adjacent
tasting room foundation is poured next week.  Jerry was the [...]