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.
Ronald Reagan National Airport Expansion
City: Arlington
Date: 1997
Architect: Cesar Pelli
County: Arlington
Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts Filene Center
City: Vienna
Date: 1984
Architect: Dewberry & Davis, John MacFadyen, Joseph Boggs
County: Fairfax
Image Credit: Chris Issak – Robert Boag (Top) , Dolly Parton – Scott Suchman (Bottom)
Freemason Street Baptist
City: Norfolk
Date: 1850
Architect: Thomas U. Walter
County: Norfolk
LumenHAUS, Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
Date: 2009
Architect: Center for Design Research, Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design, CAUS
County: Montgomery
Center for Innovative Technology
City: Herndon
Date: 1989
Architect: Ward Hall Associates and Arquitectonica
County: Fairfax
Belmead
City: Powhatan
Date: 1845
Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis
County: Powhatan
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Hampton Roads Convention Center
City: Hampton
Date: 2005
Architect: HOK (Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum)
County: Hampton
Adam Thoroughgood House
City: Virginia Beach
Date: 1719
Architect: Argall Thorowgood
County: Virginia Beach
Chrysler Museum of Art
City: Norfolk
Date: 1933, 1965, 1974, and 1989
Architect: Peebles and Ferguson (1933), William and Geoffrey Platt (1965), Williams and Tazewell (1974), Hartman – Cox (1989)
County: Norfolk