Sandra Russell Fitzpatrick Vitzthum


General Information


Occupation: Architect, Professor

Birth Country: United States

Resident City: Montpelier

Resident State/Province: Vermont

Resident Country: United States

Archive/Repository: IAWA, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Virginia


Specialties


Subject: Traditional and classical design, sustainable design


Jobs


Employer: Sandra Vitzthum, Architect, L.L.C

Title: Principle

City: Montpelier

State: Connecticut

Country: United States

Start Date: March 01, 1994


Employer: University of Notre Dame, School of Architecture

Title: Assistan Professor

State: Connecticut

Country: United States


Employer: Norwich University Architecture Program

Title: Visiting Assistant Professor

State: Connecticut

Country: United States


Employer: Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture

Title: Junior Tutor, Potsdam (Germany) Urban Task Force

City: London

State: Connecticut

Country: United States


Employer: University of New Haven

Title: Practitioner-in-Residence

City: New Haven

State: Connecticut

Country: United States


Employer: Albertus Mangus College

Title: Adjunct Faculty

City: New Haven

State: Connecticut

Country: United States


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


Institution: Allen Greenberg, Architect

City: New Haven

State: Connecticut

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1989

End Date: June 01, 1991

Notes: Position-designer


Awards


Name: Faculty Research Grant for research on a forthcoming book, "Vermont Vitruvius: A Book of Regional Architectural Patterns for both Laypeople and Designers"

Description: From the University of Notre Dame


Name: Award for the design of the Montpelier Information Booth

Description: Given by the Vermont Heritage Group


Name: ISTEA Enhancement Award for the City of Montpelier's proposed Memorial Plaza


Name: Windham Foundation Grant for a Preservation Planb for the Unitarian Church of Montpelier

Description: $167,000 Grant


Name: Social Sciences Research Council grant with Professor Hildred Geertz (Princeton)

Description: Grant was given to Vitzthum to document a temple in Bali


Name: Woodrow Wilson Foundation Grant (through Exxon)

Description: Grant given to Vitzthum to do thesis research in Bali


Name: Council of International Educational Exchange grant

Description: Grant given to Vitzthum to do thesis research in Bali


Exhibitions


Title: Third Annual Derriere Guard (juried)

City: San Francisco

State: Vermont

Country: United States

Start Date: November 01, 1999


Title: "Recent Work"

Description: Presented at the Institute for the Study of Classical Architecture

City: New York

State: Vermont

Country: United States


Title: Work of Vermont Architect and Furniture Makers

Description: Held at the Chandler Gallery

City: Randolph

State: Vermont

Country: United States


Notable Projects


No projects on record


Education


Institution: Princeton University

Department: Architecture

Degree: B.A. in Architecture


Institution: University of Virginia

Department: Architecture

Degree: Master's in Architecture


Licensing


License: Licensed Architect, Vermont


Professional Affiliations


Organization: American Institute of Architects

Role: Board of Directors, Vermont Chapter

Notes: Vitzthum has also served on the AIA Committee on the Environment, and the Regional and Urban Development Committee


Organization: Center for Sustainable Building

Role: Board of Directors


Organization: Pyralisk Arts Center

Role: Board of Directors


Organization: City Hall Memorial Plaza

Role: Committee


Organization: Montpelier Heritage Group

Role: Board of Directors


Organization: Unitarian Church Restoration Committee

Role: Volunteered as Project Architect


Organization: Montpelier Travel Information Council

Role: Volunteered as a consultant


Organization: Vermont Design Institute

Role: Co-Director


Organization: Women in Technology Summer Camp

Role: Instructor, summers


Organization: Design Review Committee Montpelier Vermont

Role: Chair


Organization: Winooski East Redevelopment Council


Organization: Montpelier Master Plan Task Force


Organization: Montpelier Middle School Facilities Committee


Organization: Builders for Social Responsibility


Organization: Co-op America


Organization: Historic Windsor/Preservation Institute


Organization: International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments


Organization: Vermont Historical Society


Organization: Vernacular Architectural Forum


Publications By


Title: The Importance for Establishing Ties: An Architect's Reading of the Little Prince

Publication: Proceedings of the 83rd Annual ACSA Meeting

Publisher: ACSA Press

City: Washington


Title: Lessons from Bali: A Differnet Understanding of Tradition and Change

Publication: IASTE Working Paper Series

Volume: V. 68

Publisher: University of California

City: Berkeley


Title: A View of the Process: Vitruvius in Vermont

Publication: The Classicist

Volume: V. 4

Page: pages 52-55


Title: Some More Thoughts On Compatible Design

Publication: AIA Vermont Report

Page: pages 1-2

Date Published: June 01, 1998


Title: Houses Made of Straw: It's a Definite Warming Trend inVermont

Publication: Vemont Magazine

Page: 46-51

Date Published: March 01, 1999


Title: Reconsidering Our Paradigms for Architecture

Publication: AIA Vermont Report

Page: pages 1-4

Date Published: September 01, 1998


Title: Montpelier: A Case for Preventing Demolition

Publication: Vermont Design Quarterly

Volume: v. 2

Issue: n. 3

Page: p. 3


Title: The Importance of Connecting Real-Time

Publication: ecoTECTURE, an online journal at www.ecotecture.com

Date Published: January 01, 2000

Url: www.ecotecture.com

Notes: article for an ongoing column


Title: Every Thing is Part of a Larger Whole

Co-author: Richard Economakis, ed.

Publication: Building Classical: a Vision of Europe and America

Publisher: Academy Editions

City: London

Country: England (U.K.)


Publications About


No publications about on record