Visiting architecture faculty Marie and Keith Zawistowski’s practice, OnSite, received one of nine 2009 Virginia Society American Architects Awards (VSAIA) for Excellence in Architecture for their transformation of the 200-year-old Arritt Farmhouse in Potts Creek.
The project involved the renovation of the existing farmhouse and the design and construction of a new three-story tower. The new structure, which contains a quilting studio and guest rooms, is a torqued, translucent volume with window openings that frame specific views of the mountains and an adjacent creek.
The time-tested timber framing techniques inspired the tower’s structure. A 3-D computer model enabled the design to be developed as a kit of parts that were pre-cut and coded for efficient on-site assembly.
(From press release.)
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