Agritourism Projects
Simply Skull Cleaning
Simply Skull is a skull cleaning business. The company mostly caters to hunters who want trophy skulls. The process includes a special bug that eats flesh, then soaks and degreases the skull, then whitens and cleans up the skulls. The company processes as small as turkey and as large as moose! VELD architect was asked […]
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Huron Estates Winery
Project Brief/Description: Vines for the Winery have been growing for 3 years and the client was ready to begin design and building of a processing facility and tasting area to share their hard labour with the public along the coast of Lake Huron. The brief was to reuse a barn timber frame! Barn History: The […]
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Bradley Farm – Master plan
The Owner of this farm wanted to provide an opportunity for his grown children to create a business with their talents in hospitality, brewmaster, farmer, and business on the farm property. The location was ideal, one block outside of the suburbs for easy access. VELD architect provided insight to the challenges, opportunities, and possibilities for […]
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Unleashed on 42 -Kennel Addition
Project Brief/Description: The Owner of Unleashed on 42 needed to expand their growing business. The desire was to modernize the exterior, provide some indoor play yards, grooming in house, larger drop-off reception, and more boarding kennels. Challenge: The existing building was challenging to renovate and create functional flows between both wings of the kennel. […]
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Arrowwood Event Pavilion
The Owner came to us for some simple advice. Not having built before they were feeling frustrated by the process of dealing with various trades suppliers and contacts. VELD architect provided a third party review of the best options for them to create their pavilion. We helped educate and helped them make good decisions for […]
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Grain Bin Tiny Home
This project was intended to take advantage of the change in policy that would allow second dwellings (with restrictions) on a rural property. The Owner has a couple old grain bins too small to be useful and thought that he would convert them into a second dwelling to supply some much needed affordable housing to […]
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Persian Empire Master Plan
Persian Empire Master Plan This Diverse and longstanding company wanted a little piece of the country to expand their alcohol beverage company, so the purchased a challenging site on the edge of Peterborough. The master plan will create a beautiful site for their new manufacturing facility, with orchards, vines, meadows and herbs, and of course […]
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Brooks Farms
Project Brief/Description: Brooks farms lost their historic bank barn to a fire. Brooks farms runs a pick your own and play farm. When they came to VELD they were in need of both storage and space for their events. VELD architect helped them determine if they wanted to adopt a new barn frame or build […]
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Rose Farms
Rose Farms Being told to shut down and challenged with complying with Township zoning and Code requirements, VELD architect assisted this farmer through the building permit process to permit an existing indoor playground in a coverall on a pick-your-own strawberry farm. We worked through the exiting requirements, emergency lights, WC requirements, and barrier-free requirements with […]
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Dorchester Fairgrounds
Dorchester Fairgrounds Dorchester Agriculture Society built an addition to the main fair building to give them a flexible gathering space for exhibits, gatherings, and fair events. The shell had been built and VELD architect helped them design the interiors to meet code requirements for WC, layouts for various events, and some interior finishes. We worked […]
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