In the Press
No Artificial Ingredients: Architect Joan Heaton honors the Adirondack region with wood-based designs that are rooted in nature and history
Green Building and Design Magazine
April/May/June 2012
By Matt Alderton
Photography by Susan Teare and Barrie Fisher
Joan Heaton grew up in the Green Mountains of Vermont, which are bordered on the west by Lake Champlain and Lake George, beyond which are the Adirondack Mountains of New York. In this region, the maple syrup is especially sweet, and so are the trees, which cover the landscape like coniferous carpeting.
Work at Home: Architect Joan Heaton puts her design ideas into action at her family's house in Lincoln
Vermont Magazine
May/June 2009
Story by Kathleen James
Photography by Carolyn Bates
Bristol Architect Joan Heaton likes to work in a style best described as the New Vernacular, a freewheeling combination of traditional forms and modern sensibilities. From the outside, a Heaton home may look like an historic Vermont farmhouse, while inside, it's light and airy, with a wide-open floor plan and eclectic materials.
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Renovating an old schoolhouse in New Haven
Vermont Magazine
March/April 1999
By Alan Pistorius
Photography by Gary Hall
Andrew Furtsch, a young builder from the mountain town of Lincoln, didn't know much about the tall structure perched on a hill above the New Haven River in nearby New Haven Mills. He knew that it was an old school and an extraordinary building, but that was about it.
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Enter the Dragon
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
November 1996
Photography by Charles Miller and Jared Polesky
Enter the Dragon. Then crawl forward through its belly, spin down the spiral slide and repeat as many times as necessary. Kids at the Denise Louis Early Education Center in Seattle, Washington, have this drill to look forward to at daily recess.
