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General History

Scott + Partners, Inc., is a small architectural firm lead by founding partner Tyler Scott, AIA and new partner, John Alden, AIA. The firm has completed a wide variety of building types throughout Vermont and the Northeast since 1987. “We enjoy the challenge of new projects”, and for this reason we maintain a diverse practice that includes health care, laboratory, educational, religious, commercial, and residential projects. Given this diversity, we do not integrate any one particular style into our work, but strive to carefully incorporate the demands of function, budget, and context to create buildings and spaces of enduring value and interest for our clients.

Philosophy

Design: We believe that an engaged, collaborative design process involving the client and the design team will bring out the most innovative and successful design solutions for any project. Our experience and understanding gives us the ability to integrate issues of client program, context, environment, aesthetics and budget to develop creative and effective design solutions that exceed our client’s goals. Connecting these issues into the overall building design process is vital to the long-term success and sustainability of a project.

Project Management: To ensure continuity of communication and responsibility, a principal of the firm will be involved with every project for the entire process, from the beginning through construction. We will select a team of consultants as part of the design team for each project based on engineering needs, consultants’ experience and client input. We involve the consultants fully during the design process in order to ensure that the clients needs are understood firsthand by all those involved in the design.

What Does An Architect Do? An architect is a trained and licensed professional with expertise in space planning and building design. To design a building, many elements must be considered such as planned building function, behavior of occupants, space use, building materials, site-environment, structural, mechanical and electrical systems, life safety and fire codes, bidding and construction methods, budget requirements and aesthetics. The Architect’s skill is to sort through the many requirements and potential solutions to find options that best address the client’s needs.