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.
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
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
Spite House
City: Alexandria
Date: 1830
Architect: John Hollensbury
County: City of Alexandria
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
City: Ashburn
Date: 2002-2006
Architect: Rafael Viñoly Architects
County: Loudon
Image Credits: Roger Foley and Matt Staley
Hollins University, Front Quadrangle
City: Roanoke
Date: 1839
Architect: OW Brown and DC Yates
County: Roanoke
Berkeley Plantation
City: Charles City
Date: 1726
Architect: Benjamin Harrison
County: Charles City
Paramount Theater
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1931
Architect: Rapp & Rapp
County: Albemarle
Center for Innovative Technology
City: Herndon
Date: 1989
Architect: Ward Hall Associates and Arquitectonica
County: Fairfax