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Celebrating Two Decades of Innovation at Virginia Tech’s Center for Design Research 

For over two decades, the Center for Design Research (CDR) has been a beacon of innovation, creativity, and excellence.

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What’s so radical about transparency? 

It’s not a new way of pursuing equity in a firm—it’s a proven one, says WPA’s Mel Price, FAIA

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Page + Miller Hull’s gambit for Niger

The U.S. Embassy Campus in Niamey, Niger, was completed in 2022, and designed by Miller Hull and Page Southerland Page. It is a 2023 AIA Virginia Award of Honor recipient.

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Q+A: Alex Shifflett on her first decade of practice

Architect Alex Shifflett, AIA, is an associate principal at KGD Architecture who says good design is not just good for communities, but great as a teaching tool for young designers hoping to make a difference. “I’m lucky enough to work on projects that matter because it suits the way I work and think,” she says.

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Ted Flato: Exploring smarter, better, easier, cheaper at Design Forum XVI

What is the future of practical technologies that make design easier, as well as the future of how architecture is made? Can large language models (LLMs) transform materials specification for the better? For the greener? Does empathy differentiate humans from machines? Does it matter? How will future technologies change the studio culture of firms? What does craft mean these days, anyway? These and other questions are up for debate this year at Design Forum XVI (Apr. 5-6, in Richmond) under the banner of “[Un]Certainty: Reflections on Craft at the Cyber Frontier.” 

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Op-Ed: CODE Charlottesville improves an unloved corner of Halprin’s masterpiece

The LEED Platinum Center of Developing Entrepreneurs, known as the CODE Building, opened in Charlottesville in 2022 to acclaim, both as a work of interdisciplinary design and as a sensitive intervention in the downtown pedestrian mall

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08/31/22

People

Bridging Passions for a Better Profession

After nearly a decade of working in education design, Jenine Kotob, AIA, decided to focus on some of the most pressing issues facing the profession by pursuing legislative advocacy.

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08/31/22

Architecture, Design

Emil + Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center

A joint venture with Lord Fairfax Community College and local industry partners, the 46,400-square-foot Shihadeh Innovation Center is a hub of workforce development for the community

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08/31/22

Research

Thinking Like a Futurist: Using Learning Trends Research to Design Post-Secondary Educational Environments

If how we learn, where we learn, and with whom we learn is rapidly changing, and the toolbox of space types and furnishings that make up a college campus are no longer predictable, where can we turn to understand the learning environment of the future?

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08/30/22

Books

Expanding Field of Architecture: Women in Practice across the Globe

Featuring more than 400 illustrations, including beautiful color photography and architectural drawings, this book highlights outstanding works from forty leading women architects across the globe.

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08/27/22

Architecture, Design, People

When Passions for Volunteering and Good Design Merge

Kelley Holmes, AIA, NOMA, believes in the power of good design and the positive impact it can have on the community.

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08/27/22

Architecture, Design, People

Returning Home to Kick-start a Career

Scott Campbell, AIA, has spent more than a decade at VIA Design, which he joined after the Great Recession and where he’s now a principal, helping the firm reach new heights.

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08/24/22

Research

Architecture Billings Index Slows but Remains Healthy

“With a variety of economic storm clouds continuing to gather, we are likely looking at a period of slower growth going forward.”

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