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.
Agecroft Hall
City: Richmond
Date: 1926-27
Architect: Thomas C. Williams, Jr.
County: City of Richmond
Center for Innovative Technology
City: Herndon
Date: 1989
Architect: Ward Hall Associates and Arquitectonica
County: Fairfax
Temple Rodef Shalom
City: Falls Church
Date: 2001
Architect: James W. Ritter and Derek M. Norton, Ritter Architects PLLC
County: Falls Church
Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, James Madison University
City: Harrisonburg
Date: 2010
Architect: Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
County: Rockingham
Image Credit: Robert Benson Photography
Wilton House
City: Richmond
Date: 1750-53
Architect: William Randolph III
County: City of Richmond
Harry T. Lester Hall, Eastern Virginia Medical School
City: Norfolk
Date: 2011
Architect: Ellenzweig with Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
County: Norfolk
Image Credit: Peter Vanderwarker
Bell Tower
City: Richmond
Date: 1824
Architect: Levi Swain
County: City of Richmond
Carter Hall Plantation
City: Millwood
Date: 1797
Architect: Harrie T. Lindeberg
County: Clarke
Duke Hall School of Art & Art History Renovation, James Madison University
City: Harrisonburg
Date: 2013
Architect: Clark Nexsen – Architect of Record; GUND Partnership – Design Architect
County: Rockingham
Blue Ridge Tunnel aka Crozet Tunnel
City: Rockfish Gap
Date: 1858
Architect: Claudius Crozet, Engineer
County:
Landmark Theatre
City: Richmond
Date: 1927
Architect: Marcellus Wright, Sr. and Charles M. Robinson
County: City of Richmond
Rice House
City: Richmond
Date: 1962-65
Architect: Richard Neutra with Thaddeus Longstreth
County: Henrico