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.
Old Norfolk County Courthouse
City: Portsmouth
Date: 1846
Architect: William R. Singleton
County: City of Portsmouth
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Belle Grove Plantation
City: Middletown
Date: 1797
Architect: Major Isaac Hite
County: Frederick
Christ Episcopal Church
City: Big Stone Gap
Date: 1890
Architect: T. Buckler Chequior
County: Wise
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Historic Kenmore
City: Fredericksburg
Date: 1775
Architect: Fielding Lewis
County: Fredericksburg
The Nathalie P. and Alan M. Voorhees Archaearium
City: Historic Jamestowne Island
Date: 2006
Architect: Carlton Abbott, Carlton Abbott and Partners, P.C.
County: James City
Ronald Reagan National Airport Expansion
City: Arlington
Date: 1997
Architect: Cesar Pelli
County: Arlington
Hampton Coliseum
City: Hampton
Date: 1968-70
Architect: A.G. Odell, Jr. and Associates
County: Hampton
Freemason Street Baptist
City: Norfolk
Date: 1850
Architect: Thomas U. Walter
County: Norfolk
Shockoe Slip
City: Richmond
Date: 1865-70
Architect: various
County: City of Richmond
Image Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources