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.
Spite House
City: Alexandria
Date: 1830
Architect: John Hollensbury
County: City of Alexandria
Shockoe Slip
City: Richmond
Date: 1865-70
Architect: various
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Rice House
City: Richmond
Date: 1962-65
Architect: Richard Neutra with Thaddeus Longstreth
County: Henrico
Currie House
City: Blacksburg
Date: 1961
Architect: Leonard Currie
County: Montgomery
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Wickham House/Valentine Richmond History Center
City: Richmond
Date: 1812
Architect: Alexander Parris
County: City of Richmond
Governor’s Mansion
City: Richmond
Date: 1811-13
Architect: Alexander Parris
County: City of Richmond
Stone House/Connor House
City: Manassas
Date: 1800-1820
Architect: unknown
County: Prince William
Hermitage
City: Norfolk
Date: 1895
Architect: William and Florence Sloane
County: Norfolk
Image Credit: Virginia.org
Virginia Air and Space Center
City: Hampton
Date: 1992
Architect: Rancorn Wildman Architects PLC with Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
County: Hampton
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)
Garth Newel Music Center
City: Hot Springs
Date: 1923
Architect: William Sergeant Kendall Christine Herter Kendall
County: Bath