Design Observed: The Hill that Became a House — Living Beneath the Ground

Design Observed The Hill that Became a House: Living Beneath the Earth By Stacey Kors Down a winding dirt road, past a traditional, mustard-colored, New England farmhouse, lies the unexpected: a curving, contemporary glass-and-concrete structure, befitting a museum in Paris more than a home in Putney, Vermont. It’s no surprise, then, that the residence was inspired by the chapel Notre-Dame-du-Haut, an icon of postmodernism built by...

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Carolyn Partridge: Behind the Politics

Carolyn Partridge: Behind the Politics By Joyce Marcel Carolyn Partridge lives many complex lives at once.She is a wife, a mother, a farmer, an artist and the owner of a business that sells woolen yarn she takes from her own sheep and goats. She is also serving her seventh term in the Vermont Legislature as one of two representatives from the Windham-4 District. (She served two terms as House Majority Leader and now chairs the...

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