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.
Hollin Hills
City: Alexandria
Date: 1946, 1956-71
Architect: Charles W. Goodman
County: Fairfax
Photo by Clarissa Peterson
Sweet Briar House
City: Sweet Briar
Date: 1790
Architect: Crews (or Crouse) family
County: Amherst
Stiles Residence
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1969
Architect: Carlton Abbott
County: James City
Historic Kenmore
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1775
Architect: Fielding Lewis
County: Fredericksburg
Reynolds Metals Company Executive Office Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1958
Architect: Gordon Bunshaft (with SOM), Charles F. Gillette (Landscape architect)
County: Henrico
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Currie House
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1961
Architect: Leonard Currie
County: Montgomery
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Fort Chiswell Mansion
City: Fort Chiswell
Date: 1839-40
Architect: Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock
County: Wythe
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library
City: Virginia Beach
Date: 1988
Architect: Design Collaborative Architects
County: Virginia Beach
Polegreen Church
City: Mechanicsville
Date: 1743
Architect: Samuel Morris
County: Hanover
Wren Building, College of William and Mary
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1695-1702
Architect: Sir Christopher Wren
County: James City