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.
Jefferson Hotel
City: Richmond
Date: 1895
Architect: Carrere and Hastings
County: City of Richmond
Egyptian Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1845
Architect: Thomas Stewart
County: City of Richmond
Ball Sellers House
City: Arlington
Date: 1750
Architect: John Ball
County: Arlington
Walter L. Rice Education Building at VCU Rice River Center
City: Charles City
Date: 2009
Architect: Train and Partners Architects
County: Charles City
Designated as the first LEED Platinum building in Virginia.
Allied Arts Building
City: Lynchburg
Date: 1931
Architect: Stanhope S. Johnson and Addison Staples
County: Lynchburg
Carter Hall Plantation
City: Millwood
Date: 1797
Architect: Harrie T. Lindeberg
County: Clarke
Long Branch Plantation
City: Millwood
Date: 1810-11
Architect: Benjamin Henry Latrobe
County: Clarke
Wren Building, College of William and Mary
City: Williamsburg
Date: 1695-1702
Architect: Sir Christopher Wren
County: James City
Blue Ridge Tunnel aka Crozet Tunnel
City: Rockfish Gap
Date: 1858
Architect: Claudius Crozet, Engineer
County:
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
nTelos Wireless Pavilion, Downtown Mall
City: Charlottesville
Date: 2005
Architect: Bill Lenart, FTL Design Engineering and Tim Thiel, SPEC Technologies
County: Albemarle
Image Credit: Philip Beaurline