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.
Torpedo Factory Art Center
City: Alexandria
Date: 1918
Architect: U.S. Navy
County: City of Alexandria
Model Tobacco Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1938-40
Architect: Schmidt, Garden and Erikson
County: City of Richmond
Ridgemont Hospital – Floyd County Historical Society Museum
City: Floyd
Date: 1913
Architect: Lather Hylton
County: Floyd
Belmead
City: Powhatan
Date: 1845
Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis
County: Powhatan
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1772
Architect: unknown
County: Fredericksburg
Image Credit: Washington Heritage Museums
Briery Church
City: Keysville
Date: 1855
Architect: Rev. Robert Lewis Dabney
County: Prince Edward
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Birthplace
City: Staunton
Date: 1846
Architect: Rev. Rufus W. Bailey
County: Staunton
Virginia Beach Convention Center
City: Virginia Beach
Date: 2007
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
County: Virginia Beach
Hampton Coliseum
City: Hampton
Date: 1968-70
Architect: A.G. Odell, Jr. and Associates
County: Hampton