| Located in the beautiful
Champlain Valley of northwestern Vermont, our firm has been
in practice since 1994. At the core of our diverse portfolio
is our effort to build the strength of communities. We have
been active in sustainable construction throughout our careers.
We strive to make buildings durable, useful, adaptable, appropriate
in scale and appropriate to site while delighting in making
them beautiful. A sustaining thread in our work is the integration
of a project with its surrounding community. A project should
enhance the environment or community with which it co-exists. |
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Firm History
Although Bast & Rood Architects was not
established until 1994, Rob Bast & Mac Rood have collaborated
on building projects, business ventures and teaching assignments
since 1973. Our practice is complemented by prior experience in
construction, sustainable design, civil and structural engineering,
project development and management, and the teaching of design and
building. Our work has included commercial, municipal, educational
and residential projects. The individuals who make our firm are:
Partners
Robert S. Bast, RA-
NH registration #2147, VT registration #1732, CT registration #10479
rob.bast@bastrood.com
L. Macrae Rood, RA-
VT registration #1508, PA registration #RA015492B,
NCARB Registration #35973 (facilitates reciprocity with all 50 states),
NY registration re-activated on demand
mac.rood@bastrood.com
What We Believe
Our goal is to create buildings that, in one
hundred years, will be worthy of preservation; a goal applied
as easily to a utilitarian barn as to a showcase civic building.
The criteria for achieving such a goal are diverse: beauty, durability,
compatibility with the built and natural environment, adaptability
to changing uses, economy of use, and the ability to make a positive
contribution to the community within which they are built. A well
designed building should serve its programmed purpose, reinforce
existing communities, be sustainable from an environmental perspective,
and finally be inspirational in a way that leads its users to
be more productive and happy.
Nature of Our Practice
An architectural practice should be versatile
and eclectic in order to keep solutions fresh and free of the
formulaic solutions inherent in overspecialization. Accordingly,
we have worked on municipal buildings, medical facilities, schools,
ceremonial structures, office buildings, grocery stores, hotels,
bakeries and residential projects as well as on projects only
peripherally related to architecture, including development and
planning, infrastructure such as sewer projects, hydroelectric
power plants and product design such as bathroom components and
composting toilets.
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