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.
Virginia Military Institute Barracks
City: Lexington
Date: 1839
Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis
County: Rockbridge
Fort Chiswell Mansion
City: Fort Chiswell
Date: 1839-40
Architect: Stephen and Joseph Cloyd McGavock
County: Wythe
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Old City Hall
City: Richmond
Date: 1886-94
Architect: Elijah E. Myers
County: City of Richmond
Center for Innovative Technology
City: Herndon
Date: 1989
Architect: Ward Hall Associates and Arquitectonica
County: Fairfax
Ash Lawn-Highland
City: Charlottesville
Date: 1799
Architect: Thomas Jefferson
County: Albemarle
City/ Farmer’s Market
City: Petersburg
Date: 1787
Architect: Maj. B.J. Black
County: Petersburg
Christ Episcopal Church
City: Winchester
Date: 1828
Architect: John Bruce
County: Winchester
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Conservatory
City: Richmond
Date: 2003
Architect: Glavé & Holmes
County: Henrico
Image Credit: Don Williamson
Ronald Reagan National Airport Expansion
City: Arlington
Date: 1997
Architect: Cesar Pelli
County: Arlington