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If you’ve been following us this week you know that we’re on a restaurant kick, with a new culinary design project posted each day. With summer right around the corner, we can’t think of a better way to enjoy a meal than sitting poolside with the Vermont mountain landscape opening around you. So today we […]
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Each day this week we are presenting a recently completed project from our portfolio of restaurants and bars. Today’s special is a new Italian restaurant that opened just last year. La Bella Vita is located at the Samoset Resort on the edge of Penobscot Bay on the Maine coast and features an authentic antipasto bar, […]
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We love working on restaurant design projects that allow us to create environments that support and promote the enjoyment of food. Today’s project is in northern New Hampshire at the Sugar Hill Inn. The Sugar Hill Inn is located near Franconia Notch state park and a number of New Hampshire ski areas, such as Bretton […]
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This week we are sharing stories and photos of our recent Restaurant projects. Today we head to Essex, right outside of Burlington, where TruexCullins led the renovations to Amuse, the signature restaurant of the Essex Resort & Spa. The Essex is the Burlington area’s only AAA Four Diamond hotel and has a strong focus […]
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The warm weather is upon us now, and the local restaurant scene is hopping. With the advent of the summer tourist season and the bevy of spring holidays and events, Al fresco dining has taken over Church Street and Vermonters are flocking to their favorite restaurants. The culinary scene in the Burlington area has grown […]
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There is one book that has been making the rounds at our office, adopted as a sort of unofficial guide to architectural style and beauty. It has been recommended at office gatherings, shared between coworkers, and gifted to interns when they leave our firm to prepare for the next stage in their design career. This […]
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Yesterday we looked at some of our favorite fireplaces from a few of our recent residential projects. At this time of year, we are reminded that a fireplace can be both the physical and emotional center of a home, providing warmth for the building and the soul. But our fireplace designs show up in our […]
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There may not be much snow on the ground this year, but there is still a chill in the air that reminds us of one reason we love winter so much: this is the time of year that we enjoy gathering around the fireplace. As architects and designers working in a northern climate, we have […]
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The biggest buzzword in workplace design these days is collaboration. And for good reason: the nature of the workplace is changing, with an increased focus on teamwork and informal interaction. There are many factors driving this change. Younger Gen X and Gen Y workers tend to be more social, and more comfortable working in groups. […]
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Consider this the first obituary we have had to write for the TruexCullins blog. The gazebo on the edge of the Oakes Hall parking lot at the Vermont Law School campus was a humble, intimate structure designed for individuals to peacefully reflect and quietly ponder their place in the natural environment. It was an expression […]
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It’s another Flashback Friday on the blog, with a look back at a project that was innovative in its time. In 1975, Rolf Kielman and Terry Jacobs designed a series of homes that explored alternative methods of heating and cooling, aiming to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. As we enter into this all-American holiday […]
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It’s another Flashback Friday on the blog as we look back to some of the classic TruexCullins projects of decades past. Today’s feature is a Bill Truex project from 1984. Bill designed a number of Red Cross Blood Centers throughout the United States, including those in Burlington Vermont, Hartford Connecticut, and this one in Richmond […]