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FreelandBuck's new Washington Metro art installation invites viewers to an engrossing play on perspective

2024-04-23T13:24:00-04:00

FreelandBuck has released images of a recent art installation for the Washington Metro Area Transit Agency (WMATA) in Washington, D.C. Staged as an optical illusion, their new piece titled ‘Tunnel Vision’ works by projecting an image of a metro station over three intersecting aluminum cones that are suspended from the ceiling in the lobby of the organization’s new Alexandria, Virginia, offices.

Image courtesy FreelandBuck and WMATA

The sculpture's grid pattern and convex geometry center a 3D image of an iconic coffered station designed by Harry Weese in the viewer’s vision field, creating the effect of watching a metro train approach while standing on the platform. The firm says, "The piece suggests both realism and familiarity, inciting curiosity for passersby to come take a closer look."

Image courtesy FreelandBuck and WMATA

Brennan Buck, the firm's principal and co-founder, told the Washingtonian magazine recently, "We thought it was just a real...

Judge rules that architect Valerio Olgiati’s social media comment about project was not defamation

2024-02-02T11:23:00-05:00

A judge in Virginia has dismissed a defamation counterclaim in a case involving two architects. The case involves Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati versus Markus Breitschmid, an architect and architecture professor at Virginia Tech, and is being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. As we previously reported, Olgiati has served as Kenzo Tange Chair at the Harvard GSD.

The origins of the case stem from a dispute between Olgiati and Breitschmid over a house designed and built in Virginia. The two architects have known each other since 2006 and have collaborated on several projects, including co-publishing books.

Related on Archinect: California passes new copyright protection law for publicly-available architectural drawings. Image: Evgeniy Surzhan/Unsplash

Having previously discussed the prospect of designing a house together, Breitschmid contacted Olgiati in 2020 about his intention to build a house on a property in Riner, Virginia. According to court ...

Four adaptive reuse projects by 3North: Your Next Employer?

2023-12-11T14:07:00-05:00

Following last week’s visit to New York-based Architecture Research Office, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Richmond, VA this week to explore the work of 3North.

From their studios in both Richmond and San Francisco, the firm has built a portfolio across twenty years along a principle that “great design only happens when multiple disciplines collaborate without walls or silos.” As a result, the studio contains a mixture of architects, landscape architects, interior designers, and graphic designers, working on projects spanning hospitality, cultural, multifamily, corporate, and single-family residential.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for a Technical Director to join their Richmond office. For candidates interested in applying for the position, or anybody interested in learning about the firm’s output, we have rounded up four adaptive reuse projects by 3North that exemplify the studio’s ethos.

American Civil War Museum. Image courtesy: 3North...

First phase of Amazon HQ2 has been completed in Arlington, VA

2023-06-21T11:51:00-04:00

Phase 1 of the Amazon HQ2 has been completed in Arlington, VA, which includes the newly-created Met Park and rooftop terraces designed by James Corner Field Operations. The park is part of a broader $2.5 billion headquarters featuring buildings by NBBJ and ZGF Architects.

Image credit: Michael Zhao

According to the design team, the new Met Park “draws inspiration from the area’s natural context and reinforces the trend reshaping our cities with green infrastructure and pedestrian networks.” Over 50,000 plants and 160 native species are contained in the park, alongside public art commissions by Nekisha Durrett, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, and Aurora Robson.

Image credit: Michael Zhao

In addition to the park, over two acres of landscaped roof terraces have been created within the Phase 1 buildings of Amazon’s headquarters, which were designed by ZGF. Features within the rooftop terraces include rocky outcrops, gardens, an urban farm, and “p...

Amazon hits the brakes on its new HQ2 headquarters project (for now)

2023-03-03T17:06:00-05:00

[...] the company’s decision made public on Friday to pause plans in Virginia — about four years after Amazon pulled out of its campus in New York — is the latest reminder that the tech industry’s long boom has slowed. [...] The pause will affect PenPlace, the second and larger stage, which would build a mix of office towers, open space and a signature, spiraling glass building Amazon calls the Helix.

The move comes after Amazon reported its first unprofitable year since 2014. The helix-shaped, $2.5 billion biophilia-lined PenPlace design had only been greenlit in August and is contracted to NBBJ. Amazon had said its construction would cost another $5 billion. The company began cutting some 18,000 workers beginning in January. Former CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth, meanwhile, is still growing by a reported $2.25 billion per week.

“Our second headquarters has always been a multiyear project, and we remain committed to Arlington, Virginia, and the greater Capital Region — which includes investing in affordable housing, funding computer science education in schools across the region, and supporting dozens of local nonprofits,” Amazon Global Real Estate and Facilities VP John Schoettler said in a statement. “We appreciate the support of all our partners and neighbors, and look forward to continuing to work together in the years ahead.”

The proliferation of data centers is turning Virginia into ‘the Commonwealth of Amazon’

2023-02-23T16:30:00-05:00

Amazon in January signed a $35 billion contract to build new data centers across Virginia, a deal so sizable a detractor disappointed at the incentives being thrown at the tech giant said, “We might as well start calling it the Commonwealth of Amazon.”

The state’s “Data Center Alley,” Loudoun County, is still cutting $1- to $3 million-per-acre deals with tech companies that rely on hyperscale data centers designed to provide massive, scalable data storage and computing resources for cloud computing and big data processing. The currently inadequate power grid is not expected to be up to snuff until 2026. The problem is spreading beyond Old Dominion to places like Portland, Oregon, suburban Chicago, and other communities where tax incentives rule over local opposition and environmental concerns.

Back in December, the Dodge Construction network’s chief economist Richard Branch said to expect the boom to last at least another two years. The real scope of the epoch could be much longer. As reported by the Commercial Observer, experts from Cushman & Wakefield said they project the market to grow from $173 to $728 billion by 2027 for hyperscale construction alone.

Check out the process behind Apex Plaza, the new tallest mass timber building on the East Coast

2022-05-05T16:17:00-04:00

William McDonough + Partners' new mass timber Apex Plaza project recently celebrated its completion in Charlottesville, Virginia. The 187,000-square-foot structure is now considered to be the largest such CLT project in the eastern United States.

Its completion is a major milestone for the use of the increasingly popular material in the U.S. and marks the end of a journey begun twenty years ago when the firm published a text from McDonough and EPEA International founder Michael Braungart outlining the “possibility of developing healthy and creatively interactive relationships between human settlements and the natural world.”

Apex Plaza, completed. Image © William McDonough + Partners

Construction images provided by the firm tell a narrative of its design features and the process behind McDonough's concepts of "Building like a Tree," "Design for Disassembly," and "The Five Goods." The timber products you can see below are said to be sustainably harvested and Cradle to Cradle-certifie...

Alquist 3D begins 3D printing 200 homes in rural Virginia

2022-04-29T12:39:00-04:00

3D printed home specialist Alquist 3D has announced plans to build what it calls the largest 3D printed home building project in the world. The initiative is dubbed Project Virginia and will see the development of 200 homes across the state. Alquist will kick off the project with a demonstration near the site of the first two 3D printed homes in Pulaski, Virginia today, Friday, April 29.

Project Virginia follows Alquist’s recent Habitat for Humanity project in Williamsburg, Virginia, a 1,200-square-foot, three-bed, two-bathroom home, whose exterior shell was printed in just 22 hours. The company claims that this was the first owner-occupied, 3D printed home in the world and Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D printed home in the country (a similar HfH project in Tempe, Arizona lays claim to the same distinction). The initiative hopes that this structure, along with Project Virginia, can serve as blueprints for delivering affordable housing in rural and underserved regions of America.

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Virginia Tech team completes world-first observation tower with innovative low-carbon timber

2022-04-20T11:51:00-04:00

A team of students and faculty at Virginia Tech has completed an innovative observation tower in rural Virginia. The design and delivery of the project saw the development and certification of a new custom timber product, off-site prefabrication, and the discovery of the ruins of a historic building.

Photography by Kay Edge and Edward Becker

The project, formally titled the New River Train Observation Tower, was delivered to the city of Radford, Virginia. In 2018, the city commissioned Virginia Tech to design and build a train observation tower that would create publicly accessible views over the city’s New River and a historically significant railroad bridge. With a budget of $100,000, the city requested that the tower used clean-tech, low-carbon building products to showcase the city’s transition away from its industrial past.

Photography by Kay Edge and Edward Becker

The student/faculty team initially sought to construct the tower from cross-laminated timber (CLT) due to its durab...

Amazon updates design for its $2.5 billion headquarters project in Arlington, Virginia

2021-11-10T12:25:00-05:00

An updated version of PenPlace, Amazon’s forthcoming suburban DC headquarters dubbed ‘HQ2,’ has been released by the company showcasing a series of design changes that were the result of an eight-month feedback process from the local community in Arlington, Virginia.

The company said they were working to meet the requests of Arlingtonians that will eventually make the new buildings more accessible and architecturally diverse.

Rendering by NBBJ

“We appreciate the ideas and have made changes to enhance the overall connectivity of the site,” an Amazon statement read. “We also incorporated additional sustainable elements and more greenery into the design, and diversified the architecture within PenPlace. These updates make the entire project even better, benefitting our neighbors and all those that will visit HQ2.”

Rendering by NBBJ

The statement detailed changes made to the facades, material, and envelopes of all three buildings, all of which will feature increased biophilic design eleme...

San Francisco architect completes "Three Chimney House" in Virginia

2020-05-06T13:05:00-04:00

San Francisco-based TW Ryan Architecture (TWRA) completes its first ground-up project in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Three Chimney House sits on a large 45-acre site with a small pond and views westward towards the Shenandoah Mountains. The property was originally part of a larger Homestead used in the Civil War as a hospital for wounded soldiers and is only a mile from where Lewis and Clark began their quest of discovery across America after being commission by Thomas Jefferson.

Designed for a family of four, the design of the home takes inspiration from traditional Southern colonial houses through its form and use of materials. Brick, copper, stone, and wood are utilized throughout the structure and were selected for their historical use in the local area. Longevity and the ability for the materials to patina over time were crucial to their selection.

The defining feature of the home are its three chimneys, which stand 30 feet in height and help anchor key moments within the dw...

The Heights: BIG and Leo A Daly complete terraced school building for creative learning in Arlington

2019-10-30T14:20:00-04:00

Stacked onto a compact site along Arlington's Rosslyn-Ballston corridor in Virginia, The Heights by BIG and executive architect LEO A DALY is a new 180,000 square-foot academic building that brings two existing secondary schools under one roof. The Heights is BIG's first U.S. public school — and their fourth school project to be completed within the last academic year.

The Danish firm worked with Arlington Public Schools (APS), WRAP (West Rosslyn Area Plan), and the local Arlington community on the building's design, which supports H-B Woodlawn Program's visual and performing arts-focused programs as well as the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Program's resources for students aged 11 to 22 with specialized educational needs.

Photo: Laurian Ghinitoiu.

Designed to accommodate up to 775 students, the cascading, glazed-brick building comprises five rectangular classroom "bars" that fan out from a central axis point. Above each floor is a green ter...

SOFTLab's Mirror Mirror installation opens at Alexandria's revamped waterfront

2019-04-01T14:15:00-04:00

'Mirror Mirror', a public installation designed by SOFTlab, opened over the weekend alongside Alexandria, Virginia's revamped Waterfront Park. The 8-foot-tall, interactive piece is the inaugural project for the city's public art series which is a key part of efforts to enrich the experience of the waterfront along the Potomac River.

"We were inspired by the architecture of the lighthouse and how it uses a lenticular lens to cast light, panoramically connecting land and sea," says artist and architect Michael Szivos of SOFTlab as their newest public installation opens.

For 'Mirror Mirror', the New York-based studio, whose expertise ranges from digital fabrication to immersive and interactive installations, decided to take a note from the nearby Jones Point Lighthouse, which uses a special type of device called the Fresnel lens to emit light.

Photo by Alan Tansey.

Playing with reflection and refraction, the installation is set up as a 25-foot-long open circle. On the outside, monochro...

SOFTlab designs a mesmerizing public installation that pays homage to a classic lighthouse in Alexandria, Virginia

2019-01-24T20:10:00-05:00

Located along the Potomac River in the city of Alexandria, Virginia an open circled public installation will draw visitors into its immersive and interactive display. Michael Szivos, the founder of SOFTlab design studio, took inspiration from local lighthouses to create a 25ft in diameter and 8ft high public installation. The New York-based design studio uses color and light to create Mirror Mirror. According to Szivos "Mirror Mirror will act as a beacon, beckoning visitors to venture into the new King Street Park at the Waterfront, interact with the artwork and explore and enjoy the new public plaza and civic space."

Mirror Mirror, Image © SOFTlab

Mirror Mirror will be the first commissioned art piece for Alexandria's Site/See: New Views in Old Town initiative. The annual series is set to display temporary installations that promote visitor attraction and foster public interaction within Alexandria's rich waterfront views. Through the use of light reflection and refraction, Mirror M...

Steven Holl Architects releases short video spotlighting VCU Institute for Contemporary Art

2019-01-03T16:11:00-05:00

Steven Holl Architects recently released a short video by Milkbox NY that highlights the VCU Institute for Contemporary Art that opened last April in Richmond. Hear Steven Holl and Chris McVoy talk more about the ICA's dynamic design, while artists and VCUarts faculty and alumni comment on the building's impact on the local community over the last nine months. You can watch the 6-minute feature below.

Amazon's HQ2 may be 2 HQs after all

2018-11-06T13:31:00-05:00

After conducting a yearlong search for a second home, Amazon has switched gears and is now finalizing plans to have a total of 50,000 employees in two locations, according to people familiar with the decision-making process. The company is nearing a deal to move to the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens [...]. Amazon is also close to a deal to move to the Crystal City area of Arlington, Va., a Washington suburb, one of the people said.

It looks like Jeff Bezos may have finally found that second home for his online empire—or make that second and third. After narrowing down the list of cities that could be potential new hosts of Amazon's HQ2 in January, the company has been tight-lipped about its final decision. Until yesterday.

These 20 cities successfully flirted their way into Amazon's inner circle, but 18 may be swiped left soon.

The NYT reports that Amazon is in final talks with not just one but two cities to share the pie that had been dangled as irresistibly lucrative carrot in front of local politicians for months now: Long Island City, New York and Crystal City/Arlington, Virginia.

Steven Holl's Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU to open April 21

2018-04-17T15:14:00-04:00

Steven Holl Architects' new Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) will open to the public on April 21, 2018. The ICA's new building named the Markel Center will debut with its inaugural exhibition Declaration, an exploration of contemporary art’s power to respond to pressing social issues. This will be Virginia's first art institution dedicated exclusively to exhibiting contemporary art.

Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU Markel Center at night. Image: Iwan Baan.

Aerial view of the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU. Image: Iwan Baan.

The building features dual entrances opening to the city’s arts district on one side and VCU’s Monroe Park campus on the other, providing a connection between the two.

View of the Royall Forum at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU. Image: Iwan Baan.

Steven Holl Architects activated the 41,000 square feet of space with an open design to create flexibility. With an inviting 33-foot-high central forum, ...

UVA School of Architecture envisions the NEXT CITIES INSTITUTE

2017-10-04T09:00:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by University of Virginia's School of Architecture

For students and faculty at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture the future of cities is now. The School’s Dean Ila Berman recently announced her intention to launch the NEXT CITIES INSTITUTE, an interdisciplinary design and research platform focused on the rapidly changing dynamics of global urban futures. With an aim to forecast and shape the vital urbanism of this century, the NEXT CITIES INSTITUTE will be a university-wide initiative, led by the School of Architecture and coalescing expertise throughout the University of Virginia, with partners in its Schools of Law, Leadership and Public Policy, Engineering, and Arts and Sciences. Berman states, “The NEXT CITIES INSTITUTE is predicated on our commitment to how design operates as a tool to effectively reshape the world. It recognizes that cities are our largest collective cultural artifacts, and their strategic re-conception is crucial...

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Fall '17

2017-09-21T13:49:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2017

Ready or not, it's the start of a new school year. Back for Fall 2017 is Archinect's Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Have a look at the Fall '17 lectures + exhibition at the University of Virginia, School of Architecture. Lectures take place in Campbell Hall, Room 153, unless otherwise noted.

Sept 15
ANDREW KUDLESS: “Bodies in Formation”
Designer and Founder, Matsys; Associate Professor, California College of the Arts
5pm

Sept 18
FERNANDO MENIS: “REASON + emotion”
Architect + Founder, Menis Arquitectos; Professor, European University of Canarias; Chairman, Laboratory for Innovation in Architecture, Design and Advanced Tourism of Tene...

Richard Blythe appointed as dean of Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies

2017-05-17T15:07:00-04:00

Richard Blythe will join the Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS) as its new dean starting October 10. Blythe will replace A.J. (Jack) Davis, who served as the College's dean for 11 years. Davis will step down on June 30 at the end of his second term.

Prior to Virginia Tech, Richard Blythe was a professor and the dean of RMIT University School of Architecture and Design in Melbourne since 2012. Under his leadership, the RMIT School of Architecture Design acquired $6.8 million to support multi-university research alliances, particularly a grant from the Australian government to lead a 15-university Design and Architecture Practice project.

Blythe also lectured at the University of Tasmania for 14 years, while he was deputy head of the School of Architecture as well as the vice chancellor’s representative on the Tasmanian government’s Building and Construction Industries Council. He continues to work as a founding director to the architecture practice TERROIR ...

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Fall '15

2015-10-26T12:59:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is ready for another school year. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

The next featured poster comes from the University of Virginia, School of Architecture.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are upcoming events. Unless noted otherwise*, lectures take place at 6:00 p.m. in Campbell Hall 153 and Faculty Research Dialogues are held at 12:30 p.m. in Exhibit C, 2nd floor of Campbell Hall.

Oct 26
Dean’s Forum Lecture: Ted Flato

Oct 28
Fulbright Lecture on Nordic Architecture: Einar Jarmund

Oct 30
Graduate Open House Keynote: Margarita Jover, Professor of Practice, U.Va

Nov 2
Gallery Talk: Karen Van Lengen, Soundscape Architecture
at Elmaleh Ga...

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Spring '15

2015-03-09T13:15:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter-Spring 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session! Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

The next featured poster comes from the University of Virginia, School of Architecture.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Lectures begin at 6 p.m. in Campbell Hall, Room 153, unless noted. Below are upcoming events only.

Mar 28
Lineages and Trajectories
Catalyst Symposium II

Apr 6
David Brown
Kelly-Tukee Lecture

Apr 11
Herman Hertzberger: The 2015 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalist in Architecture

Apr 17-19
Arctic States Symposium

Apr 20
Chris Reed

For updates and other info, visit U.Va's events calendar or arch.virginia.edu.

Check out previous posters on the Get Lectured Pinterest page!

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Design archives of Jackie Kennedy's Wexford House to be auctioned

2015-02-06T20:48:00-05:00

Over 400 pieces that archive the construction and design of the presidential Kennedy family's Wexford House will soon be up for sale at a live auction on February 19 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts that will be hosted by Boston-based auction company RR Auction. Bidding begins February 12-18.

The vast collection consists of three large binders and two large folders that contain oversized building plans, paperwork, photographs, magazine tearouts with Jackie's written design notes, and handwritten correspondence that covers almost all the construction and design aspects of the Wexford House -- including 10 letters that Jackie penned herself. The collection spans from 1961-64 with emphasis on 1963, the main year of construction.

The story behind the Wexford House reads like a saccharine yet bittersweet tale of the elusive American Dream. Named by Jackie as a nod to JFK's Irish roots, the Wexford House was constructed from late 1962 and completed in the summer of 196...

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Fall '14

2014-09-22T14:14:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2014

Say hello to another edition of Archinect's Get Lectured! As a refresher, we'll be featuring a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our poster for Monday is from the University of Virginia, School of Architecture.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Below are upcoming lectures. Unless noted, lectures begin at 6 pm in Campbell Hall, Room 153.

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 22
JEANNE GANG / Studio Gang - Chicago, IL.
HOK Lecture on Sustainable Design

Sept. 25
5:30 pm
WALLACE J. NICHOLS / Author of "Blue Mind"
at Javor Lecture Hall

Sept. 29
TOÑO FORASTER / AV62 Arquitectos - Barcelona
Porter Visiting Professor Lectur

OCTOBER

Oct. 6
THE BILL LUCY SYMPOSIUM
"Planning for Happiness and Well Being"
Keynote: Emily Talen

Oct. 20
KATHRYN FULLER
Ina...

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Spring '14

2014-02-24T13:12:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2014

Archinect's Get Lectured is up and running again for the Winter/Spring '14 term! As a refresher from our Fall 2013 guide, every week we'll feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current season. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Since we've been receiving more submissions lately, we're gonna show off posters more often — and so you can see what events are happening in architecture schools right now!

Our first poster of the week comes from the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are upcoming lectures. Note each event's time and location.

FEBRUARY

Feb 27
Clark-Howe Colloquium speaker: Lisa Grey / Principal of Gray Organschi Architecture
at Campbell Hall 153, 12:30pm

MARCH

March 3
Dean’...

Get Lectured: University of Virginia Fall '13

2013-10-01T13:24:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2013

Here on Archinect we recently launched "Get Lectured", where we'll feature a school's lecture series--along with their snazzy posters--for the current season. Check back regularly to stay up-to-date and mark your calendars for any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Tuesday's featured lectures come from the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are Lecture events only. All events begin at 6:00 pm at Campbell Hall 153. Dates, locations and times are subject to change.

SEPTEMBER

September 16
Inaugural Lecture
Teresa Gali-Izard / Assoc. Professor and Chair Dept. of Landscape Architecture; Principal - Arquitectura Agronomia

September 23
Dean's Forum Lecture
David Gissen / Assoc. Prof, Director - Dept. of Architecture California College of the Arts

September 27
1...

Pei Partnership sues National Slavery Museum for... get this... not getting paid for their services

2013-01-25T14:12:00-05:00

The National Slavery Museum, which was spearheaded by former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder, never paid Pei for the architectural work. Pei says it is owed more than $6 million, money that the firm hopes to recoup in an eventual sale of the 38 acres. The slavery museum organization now owes more than $300,000 in delinquent real estate taxes to Fredericksburg. The city has begun the lengthy legal process of selling the land at auction to recoup the back taxes.

5.8 Earthquake Shakes East Coast From Virginia to New York City

2011-08-23T15:12:55-04:00

This morning a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook the East Coast. The quake was felt from Virginia to Boston, even prompting the evacuation of the Pentagon and Capitol Building in Washington, and New York City Hall. Seismologists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have stated that once every 100 years, an earthquake of at least a magnitude of 5.0 rocks NYC.

Archinect - News

FreelandBuck's new Washington Metro art installation invites viewers to an engrossing play on perspective

Judge rules that architect Valerio Olgiati’s social media comment about project was not defamation

Four adaptive reuse projects by 3North: Your Next Employer?

First phase of Amazon HQ2 has been completed in Arlington, VA

Amazon hits the brakes on its new HQ2 headquarters project (for now)

The proliferation of data centers is turning Virginia into ‘the Commonwealth of Amazon’

Check out the process behind Apex Plaza, the new tallest mass timber building on the East Coast

Alquist 3D begins 3D printing 200 homes in rural Virginia

Virginia Tech team completes world-first observation tower with innovative low-carbon timber

Amazon updates design for its $2.5 billion headquarters project in Arlington, Virginia

San Francisco architect completes "Three Chimney House" in Virginia

The Heights: BIG and Leo A Daly complete terraced school building for creative learning in Arlington

SOFTLab's Mirror Mirror installation opens at Alexandria's revamped waterfront

SOFTlab designs a mesmerizing public installation that pays homage to a classic lighthouse in Alexandria, Virginia

Steven Holl Architects releases short video spotlighting VCU Institute for Contemporary​ Art

Amazon's HQ2 may be 2 HQs after all

Steven Holl's Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU to open April 21

UVA School of Architecture envisions the NEXT CITIES INSTITUTE

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Fall '17

Richard Blythe appointed as dean of Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Fall '15

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Spring '15

Design archives of Jackie Kennedy's Wexford House to be auctioned

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Fall '14

Get Lectured: University of Virginia, Spring '14

Get Lectured: University of Virginia Fall '13

Pei Partnership sues National Slavery Museum for... get this... not getting paid for their services

5.8 Earthquake Shakes East Coast From Virginia to New York City

Steven Holl Architects releases short video spotlighting VCU Institute for Contemporary Art