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.
USA Today Building and Gannett Building
City: Arlington
Date: 2001
Architect: Kohn Pendersen Fox Associates
County: Fairfax
Ridgemont Hospital – Floyd County Historical Society Museum
City: Floyd
Date: 1913
Architect: Lather Hylton
County: Floyd
Central National Bank – Branch
City: Richmond
Date: 1929-30
Architect: John Eberson
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Assateague Lighthouse
City: Assateague Island
Date: 1867
Architect: unknown
County: Accomack
John Marshall House
City: Richmond
Date: 1790
Architect: Mr. Sydnor, Keeling and Smith, W. Goode, W. Duke, and W.B. Lewis
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Alexander Black House and Cultural Center
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1897/2013
Architect: Alexander Black/ Restoration by Glavé & Holmes
County: Montgomery
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
City: Virginia Beach, Fort Story
Date: 1789-92
Architect: Bricklayer – John McComb
County: Virginia Beach
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts addition/renovation
City: Richmond
Date: 2010
Architect: Rick Mather + SMBW Architects PLLC
County: City of Richmond
Governor’s Palace
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1706-20
Architect: Henry Cary
County: James City
Egyptian Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1845
Architect: Thomas Stewart
County: City of Richmond
