Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Dec 2, 2009, 2:22 pm
The Cotton Mill open house is Friday, Saturday and Sunday this weekend. I will be here Saturday but not Sunday and Friday I am off at a seminar. I am no closer to a decision about whether to expand...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Dec 2, 2009, 7:21 am
Their website is set in a way that I can’t steal images but check out WRB architects in Sweden particularly the “summer house in Trosa”
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Dec 1, 2009, 10:17 am
here are some more images from the Peru Mod Farmhouse project.
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Nov 14, 2009, 10:06 am
Here are some recent photos of the Peru VT house. This is a modern farmhouse where we took a traditional and timeless New England form, came up with a great floor plan and then “played” w...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Nov 11, 2009, 1:16 pm
Here is a pic of an older poject. A cottage on the coast of Maine.
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Nov 9, 2009, 9:05 am
Last week I got a call from a reporter at the Keene Sentinel newspaper. Apparently I was on a list of interesting people to interview for their “Monadnoc Profiles” section. Keene Sentinel...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Nov 4, 2009, 11:45 am
The original house is a fairly new addition to a huge old horse barn. The addition to the addition seeks to correct a number of plan layout and massing issues. The first addition has vinyl siding an...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Oct 30, 2009, 10:52 am
Designer tip: I have liked the Integrity line of fiberglass windows from Marvin for few years now. And… they come in black! For that old fashioned farmhousey yet hip and fresh modern look. ...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Oct 28, 2009, 8:37 am
It just occurred to me that there is a short video which gives some sense of what my barn is like inside and how it is used here on youtube I am leading the parade with my daughter Charlotte.
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Oct 22, 2009, 8:03 am
My own home is 900 s.f. with two bedrooms and a bathroom. We have lived there for 9 years. There are occasional mini-crisis over the one toilet. and I would like a large kitchen than the 9 foot ̶...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Oct 20, 2009, 1:58 pm
I just stuck this post over at GreenBuildingAdvisor.com This is more of a musing than a question. When building a new home would it be more environmentally responsible to forego the triple glazed win...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Oct 20, 2009, 12:17 pm
I don’t run into this phenomenon as often as I suspect my more urban counterparts but when I do, it is disturbing. People put all their hopes and dreams about their new home through the filter ...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Oct 12, 2009, 12:20 pm
Some notes on windows to be filed under “opinions and musings”. In the past several years I have designed some houses with large window quantities although not necessarily in terms of the...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Oct 2, 2009, 12:09 pm
I now am - license # 31252. Seemed like a good idea with a current project in MA plus living on the VT/MA border I expect to see more western Massachusetts projects.
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Sep 29, 2009, 3:54 pm
Here is a scan of an old rendering I did around the turn of the century for a house that never got built. I am the last of the great hand drafters. I don’t do much hand drafting, presentation ...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Sep 29, 2009, 2:09 pm
I suppose it had to happen eventually. Having done over a hundred jobs in the past decade I have been very lucky about getting paid on time and in full. There have been jobs that made me nervous for...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Sep 28, 2009, 9:25 am
Here is a pic of a house I helped with the structure of. It is quite large and the folks wanted a cross gambrel roof which makes for an interesting structure from an engineering standpoint. Here is ...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Sep 22, 2009, 12:09 pm
http://musingsfromdave.blogspot.com/ Here is a process blog from some folks I helped to design an addition for last winter. It was the sort of project where having an architect payed off (if I remem...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Sep 21, 2009, 10:19 am
Here is a recent photo of my cool modernist low budget barn. I spent quite a bit of time working on work in the barn this summer. Not so much time working on the barn itself however.
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Sep 9, 2009, 9:44 am
Here are some photos from a recent site visit to the “Vermont Mod Farmhouse” porches and garage are not built yet but from inside you can start to feel the spaces. This project was a goo...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Sep 2, 2009, 10:44 am
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency also: Energy Star Efficiency Vermont If you are a builder building an energy star home here is where the government gives you $2000 (why o...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Aug 31, 2009, 2:10 pm
I have been thinking lately about the work triangle in the kitchen. This was a construct of the 1940’s when men in suits were trying to engineer the function of the kitchen to make women’s lives e...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Aug 25, 2009, 7:15 am
link to http://savethepinkbathrooms.com/ which goes with this http://retrorenovation.com/
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Aug 18, 2009, 11:23 am
This is a simple project I did entirely in Photoshop after a site visit to take some photos and talk to the owner. The original house needs updating for a number of reasons. Most of what it needs is...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Aug 10, 2009, 8:21 am
Sorry about this not very interesting post. I was in Maine visiting family for a week and when I got back I had to go into production mode. I have an old large oak desk out in the barn where I have ...
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Jul 16, 2009, 2:31 pm

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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Jul 3, 2009, 1:38 pm
I just stumbled upon this on the farmhouse modern blog. I love it. check out the railings and general detailing. very nice.
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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Jul 1, 2009, 9:57 am

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Robert S. posted an article on Robert Swinburne - Vermont Architect - Jun 30, 2009, 12:19 pm
This is something I run into fairly often. I am asked to design a home in a location that has a beautiful view and the client wants every room to have equal share of that view. Oh, and nothing may ob...
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