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.
Brooks Hall, University of Virginia
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1876
Architect: John R. Thomas
County: Albemarle
Mead’s Tavern
City: New London
Date: 1763
Architect: Col. William Mead
County: Campbell
Carter Hall Plantation
City: Millwood
Date: 1797
Architect: Harrie T. Lindeberg
County: Clarke
Red Hill (Patrick Henry’s Law Office)
City: Brookneal
Date: Originally 1794- 1799 (Image: approx. mid 1930’s)
Architect: unknown
County: Charlotte
Torpedo Factory Art Center
City: Alexandria
Date: 1918
Architect: U.S. Navy
County: City of Alexandria
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
Egyptian Building
City: Richmond
Date: 1845
Architect: Thomas Stewart
County: City of Richmond
Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown
City: Beaverdam
Date: unknown
Architect: Col. Charles Chiswell
County: Hanover
Image Credit: Preservation Virginia
Inn at Hans Meadow
City: Christianburg
Date: unknown
Architect: James Craig
County: Montgomery
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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
John Paul Jones Arena
City: Charlottesville
Date: 2003
Architect: VMDO Architects
County: Albemarle