Wineries
Wineries designed by Macdonald Architecture & Technology
Macdonald Architecture & Technology offers decades of experience in green & environmentally friendly agro-industrial design. Please see our Winery Gallery for more.
Horton Winery, Barboursville, Va. 20,000 sq. ft. winery, tasting room, warehouse and offices.
The Horton Winery in Barboursville, Virginia was built using the am-cor structural system. Its structural ceiling trays support and reinforce a concrete floor slab which carries 750 lbs./sq.ft. live load of crated wines packed 14 cases high. The fermentation room below is a cellar, built into a hillside, using earth tempering to sustain the constant cool temperatures required for aging wine. The am-cor insulated steel frame wraps around and superinsulates a concrete block inner shell which provides thermal inertia to maintain constant warehouse temperatures, saving over $35,000 yearly in air conditioning cost. Amcorite™ reinforced cement coating creates an exterior which resembles a monastic castle; this theme is carried out on the interior of the two-story tasting room with its musicians' balcony, mini-commercial kitchen, and wine tasting bar.
Barboursville Winery, Barboursville, Va. 10,000 partially earth tempered warehouse addition, new courtyard and arcade, tasting room remodeling, new bottling line, and manager's cottage.
Macdonald Architecture & Technology unified a group of agro-industrial sheds by adding arcades and facades to create an entrance courtyard with old world flavor. Interiors of visitor areas were renovated with wood and tile to provide a warm and robust heavy timber ambiance. Design of the bottling line features easy to clean surfaces with glass panes in visitor area for viewing of bottling operations. The manager's cottage was designed with traditional Virginia rural farmhouse massing and exterior detailing. Interiors are light, open and airy, finished with hardwood floors, white walls, and ceiling surfaces.
Dominion Cellars, Culpeper, Va. 17,500 sq. ft. earth tempered super-insulated winery, tasting room, designed for a winery cooperative of local growers.
The 2-story fermentation room is below grade along with the cask chambers for natural earth tempered cooling. Its heavy timber structural frame creates a lofty barn-like interior, which plays on the contrast between wood and stainless steel fermentation tank surfaces. A visitors' observation balcony overlooks this area and leads to a tasting room and sales area. Ancillary service and administration areas are clustered around the main building to form an arcaded entrance courtyard which unifies the plan and creates the appearance of a cloister grouping on this rural Virginia hilltop.
Half timbering & a stone facade complete the monastic character of the Horton Winery exterior
Horton Winery
Horton Winery, Barboursville, Va. 20,000 sq. ft. winery, tasting room, warehouse and offices.
The Horton Winery in Barboursville, Virginia was built using the am-cor structural system. Its structural ceiling trays support and reinforce a concrete floor slab which carries 750 lbs./sq.ft. live load of crated wines packed 14 cases high. The fermentation room below is a cellar, built into a hillside, using earth tempering to sustain the constant cool temperatures required for aging wine. The am-cor insulated steel frame wraps around and superinsulates a concrete block inner shell which provides thermal inertia to maintain constant warehouse temperatures, saving over $35,000 yearly in air conditioning cost. Amcorite™ reinforced cement coating creates an exterior which resembles a monastic castle; this theme is carried out on the interior of the two-story tasting room with its musicians' balcony, mini-commercial kitchen, and wine tasting bar.
Hilltop arcade addition overlooks the Barboursville Winery vineyards
Barboursville Winery
Barboursville Winery, Barboursville, Va. 10,000 partially earth tempered warehouse addition, new courtyard and arcade, tasting room remodeling, new bottling line, and manager's cottage.
Macdonald Architecture & Technology unified a group of agro-industrial sheds by adding arcades and facades to create an entrance courtyard with old world flavor. Interiors of visitor areas were renovated with wood and tile to provide a warm and robust heavy timber ambiance. Design of the bottling line features easy to clean surfaces with glass panes in visitor area for viewing of bottling operations. The manager's cottage was designed with traditional Virginia rural farmhouse massing and exterior detailing. Interiors are light, open and airy, finished with hardwood floors, white walls, and ceiling surfaces.
Gabled forms massed together on hilltop create the appearance of an old abbey at the Culpeper Winery
Dominion Cellars
Dominion Cellars, Culpeper, Va. 17,500 sq. ft. earth tempered super-insulated winery, tasting room, designed for a winery cooperative of local growers.
The 2-story fermentation room is below grade along with the cask chambers for natural earth tempered cooling. Its heavy timber structural frame creates a lofty barn-like interior, which plays on the contrast between wood and stainless steel fermentation tank surfaces. A visitors' observation balcony overlooks this area and leads to a tasting room and sales area. Ancillary service and administration areas are clustered around the main building to form an arcaded entrance courtyard which unifies the plan and creates the appearance of a cloister grouping on this rural Virginia hilltop.
Modified 2006-08-23