Architect of log homes and homes with log element construction.
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    www.nickelsdesign.com James Dewey Nickels - Nickels Design, LLC
P.O. Box 636 - Victory Hill - North Concord, VT 05858
(802) 695-1071
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Commercial Projects
This is Dog Mountain a magical place where renown artist, Stephen Huneck dedicated a track of land to be used for a show room, furniture manufacturing and even a Chapel for dogs. He has written a whimsical book dedicated to the Chapel, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc. Interior pictures of the Chapel appear in the book. It was a great opportunity for me as an Architect to work with him on the design.
A simple New England Church with two crisscrossing laminated arches rising to a center windowed copula and steeple. This copula lifts your eyes to light and sky above. At the sanutary end of the building I suggested the use of antique stain glass windows creating a soft array of color which brings your attention to the Lectern in front of them. On each side of the church is a large window area formed by several mullioned windows helping to join the exterior and interior.
This is the first project I designed for the Trout House Village Resort, which was featured in three books written by Robbin Obomsawin. It is a very popular cottage having a warm, intimate and interesting interior, also with great views to the lake and surrounding mountains. This was the first cottage for the resort incorporating Log Element construction into the design. Scott was so happy with the building he had me use Log Element design for his new home. (See Home Page and Residential)
Glen Road Shopping Plaza is a project in which I have designed over a period of (10) years, consisting of several stages and three different owners. The street level is made up of retail shops of various sizes which can be rearranged to meet tenants requirements because of the flexible structural system. There is a second floor over some areas for office rentals.
A contemporary moderated size office building. Designed to take advantage of the sloping grade; access is from the lower and upper levels thus two different tenants can have separate parking areas allowing direct access to their office spaces. The client further requested the use of cost effective, low maintenance materials be used on the exterior. This client also wanted the building to be flexible in it's interior design so that one tenant could have the option to rent both lower and upper spaces.

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