Voting for Virginia’s Favorite Architecture is now closed. Throughout the months of November and December 2013, the public was asked to select their favorites based on design, innovation, history, or the spirit of their communities and Virginia.
The Virginia Center for Architecture will announce the top 100 structures — Virginia’s Favorite Architecture — in an exhibition opening on April 10, 2014.
The structures featured in this survey were nominated by architects throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects in 2014. The 250 works of architecture — buildings, bridges, monuments, and memorials — in this survey represent some of the best of Virginia’s rich architectural heritage.
nTelos Wireless Pavilion, Downtown Mall
City: Charlottesville
Date: 2005
Architect: Bill Lenart, FTL Design Engineering and Tim Thiel, SPEC Technologies
County: Albemarle
Image Credit: Philip Beaurline
Tuckahoe Plantation
City: Richmond
Date: 1730-40
Architect: Randolph Family
County: Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown
City: Beaverdam
Date: unknown
Architect: Col. Charles Chiswell
County: Hanover
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Manor House at Smith’s Fort
City: Surry
Date: 1751 to 1765
Architect: unknown
County: Surry
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Camden
City: Port Royal
Date: 1857-59
Architect: Nathan G. Starkwether
County: Caroline
Martha Washington Inn
City: Abingdon
Date: 1832
Architect: Gen. Francis Preston
County: Washington
Center for Innovative Technology
City: Herndon
Date: 1989
Architect: Ward Hall Associates and Arquitectonica
County: Fairfax
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
City: Richmond
Date: 1975
Architect: Minoru Yamasaki
County: City of Richmond
Ronald Reagan National Airport Expansion
City: Arlington
Date: 1997
Architect: Cesar Pelli
County: Arlington
Springdale
City: Mathews County
Date: 1750
Architect: William Respess, Dr. William Shultice
County: Mathews
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Gloucester Historic Court Circle
City: Gloucester
Date: various
Architect: various
County: Gloucester
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources