Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Fifth Town wins "Project of the Year"
Lapointe Architects' Fifth Town Artisan Cheese has been featured in Building Magazine's December 2009 / January 2010 issue titled "LEEDing the Way in 2009". The article bestowed three awards, Developer of the Year, Project of the Year, and Consultant of the Year based on the criteria that "put simply, they did the most to fulfill the philosophy codified in the LEED rating system." We are pleased to have Fifth Town awarded Project of the Year, along with one of the Key consultants on the project, Enermodal Engineering, being awarded Consultant of the Year.
To view the article refer to http://digital.building.ca/xta-asp/pageview2.asp?pc=bd&tpl=base_v2&mv=2009/12/01&edname=December%202009/January%202010&w=1680&h=1020&redir=yes&sp
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
2008-09 Wood Design Awards Publication
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory has once again landed Lapointe Architects in a book. Wood WORKS! a publication of the Canadian Wood Council awarded Fifth Town the Green Building Wood Design Award in 2008. (see http://www.lapointe-arch.com/news/2008/10/fifth-town-cheese-wins-wood-works-award.html ) Wood Design & Building Magazine (the US affiliate of Wood WORKS!), has compiled awards from both publications over the last two years into one book filled with award winning porjects. It is an "exciting new awards book that showcases all the stunning award-winning architectural projects across North America from the Wood Design Awards programs. It is a lasting reference book for those seeking inspiration in wood design."
To purchase the book, or subscribe to Wood Design & Building Magazing visit
http://www.cwc.ca/Publications/WDB+Magazine
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Fifth Town Wins Fourth Award!!!
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory has won a fourth design award. The 2008 Ontario Concrete Architectural Merit Award is awarded to "buildings or other structures in which the architectural considerations or design predominantly influenced the overall project". For more information on the awards please see: http://www.ontarioconcreteawards.ca/
or read more about the awards in the Daily Commercial News at http://dcnonl.com/article/id31622&search_term=Fifth%20Town.
(images by Ben Rahn, A-Frame Inc)
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Fifth Town Wins National Design Award!
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory has won the Staff Choice Design Exchange Award. The awards were announced on November 25, 2008 at a gala dinner held on the historic Trading Floor at the Design Exchange (DX), Canada s design museum. Established in 1991, the Design Exchange Awards are the only Canadian multi-disciplinary design competition to judge designers work on commercial effectiveness. Presented by Canadian Business Magazine, the Awards support the DXs mandate to foster business and public understanding of the impact of design excellence on the economy and businesses. A few weeks ago, Fifth Town also won the Green Building Design Award from Wood WORKS! and yesterday, an Award of Excellence from the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition.
An exhibition showcasing all finalist projects will be on view at DX until March 2009 and the project can be viewed in the December issue of Canadian Business Magazine. For more information see http://www.dx.org/dxa/ and http://www.canadianbusiness.com/
An exhibition showcasing all finalist projects will be on view at DX until March 2009 and the project can be viewed in the December issue of Canadian Business Magazine. For more information see http://www.dx.org/dxa/ and http://www.canadianbusiness.com/
(image by Ben Rahn, A-Frame Inc.)
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Fifth Town Cheese Wins Wood WORKS! award
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory has won the 2008 Wood WORKS! Green Building Wood Design Award. The Wood WORKS! Awards (by the Canadian Wood Council) recognize people and organizations dedicated to pioneering and preserving the use of wood in Ontario. The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory makes substantial use of wood in its various forms. Examples include Durisol's stay-in-place wall form system made from waste wood chips, reclaimed wood from local barns, and more than 55% FSC certified lumber and sheet goods. Finally, wood chips were used to promote natural cultivation in the herb gardens and constructed wetlands. Past winning projects include the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Region Conservation Authority's Service Centre, and the Ottawa and Toronto locations for the Mountain Equipment Co-op. For more information on the Wood WORKS! awards please see: http://www.woodworksontario.com/
(images by Ben Rahn, A-Frame Inc.)
(images by Ben Rahn, A-Frame Inc.)
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Fifth Town wins cheese awards
Fifth Town has won several cheese awards at the annual Royal Winter Fair Cheese Competition in Toronto, including three first prize ribbons and one Grand Champion title. This is an exceptional result considering that Fifth Town started producing cheese from their new sustainable factory less than 5 months ago. Says Owner Petra Cooper "We are off to a great start as a new enterprise that desires to make a difference to the culinary and economic life of the community, and demonstrate to all those skeptics out there that small scale, local dairying can indeed succeed on all measures in Ontario." For more information see http://www.fifthtown.ca/.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Fifth Town Grand Opening!
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory held its grand opening this past Saturday and Sunday. The festivities included a Wine and Cheese sampling, an art tour and a building tour. Francis led the 12 building tours and provided detailed explanations of the ground source heat loops and pump and explained how the system both heats and cools the building and the refrigerators. Francis also answered questions from the visitors regarding the rain water cistern, the constructed wetlands, the aging caves, the wind mill and solar panels and the 'green' building materials, both inside and out. Visitors could also take a guided tour of the sculptural art installation on the grounds. Seven artists completed several pieces of art with reclaimed and recycled construction materials, continuing the sustainable theme of the building. Carlyn Moulton of the Oeno Gallery, which curated the Art show, also provided the commentary. Over 700 people attended the festivities during the 2 days.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Fifth Town Reaches Another Milestone
Drywalling has begun at the Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory. This is one of the last steps to be completed before the installation of finishes begins. The Owners hope to begin producing test batches of cheese in their new facility by the end of March, with a Grand Opening scheduled for early May.
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Caves are Poured!
The concrete roof of the cheese aging caves at the Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory was poured last week, while the weather was warm enough to proceed. Once the concrete has cured enough (2-4 weeks), the form work will be removed and the 'caves' will be insulated and waterproofed. As soon as the ground thaws enough, the caves will be buried in an artificial hill, planted with wild flowers. Since the 'caves' will be underground, they're climate will be consistent, achieved with radiant heating and cooling lines cast directly in the concrete of the caves.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Remember slinkies?
The installation of the geothermal 'slinky' loops for the ground source heat pump is underway at the Fifth Town Cheese Factory. Once the building is operational, a refrigerant liquid will be circulated through the plastic piping and exchange heat with the ground, either extracting it, or releasing it, depending on the season. Other than the electricity to operate the pump, the heat is free. The loops will be buried under two meters of native soils after they have been inspected, so will no longer be visible, except for a slight raised area at one end.
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
5Th Town Takes Shape!
The structural framing for the Fifth Town Cheese factory was completed earlier this week, and the floor slab for the underground cheese aging caves was poured. The contractor expects to waterproof the building in ealry December and be ready for insulation and finishes shorthly thereafter. Cheese production is scheduled to start in late February.
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Party at Fifth Town
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory recently held a Site Review Open House. Shawn and Petra Cooper, the Owners of the facility, decided to invite their neighbours and friends to the Open House to give everyone an opportunity to see the sustainable features of the project first hand, before they are covered up with finishes. Visitors were offered light refreshments in a tented area of the site, followed by brief presentations on highlights of the green building project. More than 150 people took part in the guided tours of the facility, narrated by Francis Lapointe Architect, Peter Knudsen, Contractor and Gordon McAlary, P. Eng. Guest of honour included the Honourable Leo P. Finnegan, Mayor of Prince Edward County as well as the Honourable Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario's Minister of Agriculture and Lyle Van Clief, the former Federal Minister of Agriculture. The weather was fantastic and everyone enjoyed themselves.
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Fifth Town Cheese Factory proceeding on schedule
Construction on the exterior walls for the Fifth Town Cheese Factory is nearing the halfway point. The exterior walls are built with Durisol stay-in-place wall forms (http://www.durisol.com/) which are manufactured from a mixture of raw wood chips and shavings, neutralized and mineralized then bonded together with Portland cement. The R-value of the Durisol blocks combined with the optional built-in insulation and the thermal mass of the concrete far exceeds minimum standards. After the wall forms where erected and steel reinforcing placed, the cavities of the forms where filled with LaFarge's 'Agilia' concrete (http://www.lafarge-na.com/) a concrete mixture that contains a plasticizer and 50% slag, a by-product of the steel industry. As a result, the exterior walls of the factory contain a high percentage of recycled material which are extremelly durable, energy efficient and will not permit the growth of molds.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Construction Starts on FifthTown
Construction has started on the proposed Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory (http://www.fifthtown.ca/) in Prince Edward County Ontario. The contract was awarded to K. Knudsen Construction of Belleville ON. The cheese factory has been designed to the LEED Platinum criteria, and promises to the be 'greenest' industrial facility in Canada. The building incorporates several green features including a ground source heat pump, a rain water collection cistern, a large amount of reclaimed and recycled building materials and walls built of Durisol (http://www.durisol.com/). The most unique feature of the building are the cheese aging caves, which are buried underground. Construction should be be completed by early 2008. 
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