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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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09/29/21

Architecture, Design, Research

Virginia Creates Strategy for Coastal Resilience

Critics say that the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Planning Framework is, at worst, toothless and, at best, far too little too late. Others say that it’s the necessary step to unify the dozens of counties and municipalities that touch more than 10,500 miles of coastline.

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09/24/21

Research

Architecture Billings Continue to Increase

During August, scoring for both the new project inquiries and design contracts moderated slightly but remained in positive territory, posting scores of 64.7 and 56.6 respectively.

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SOM's Arm Museum's rooftop Medal of Honor Garden against a blue sky with clouds
08/25/21

Architecture, Arts & Culture, Design, Destinations

SOM’s New Army Museum Speaks to Diverse Audiences in a Singular Way

There are some 90 museums in the United States and abroad covering individual aspects of the American Army, but the eighth to open in Virginia alone is the most comprehensive among them.

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08/24/21

Architecture, Design

Reader & Swartz Design a School for Today that Anchors Ashburn’s Tomorrow

The Loudoun School for Advanced Studies in Ashburn, completed in 2019 and designed by Reader & Swartz, is an alternative school with a big mission: Engender social purpose in its students by tackling today’s challenges.

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08/24/21

Architecture, Design, Facades

WM+P’s Project Legacy

William McDonough + Partners’ Project Legacy in Colombia is designed to illustrate the potential of Cradle to Cradle® and the circular economy.

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Exterior of Flint Hill Middle School
08/23/21

Architecture, Design

At the Intersection of this Moment and the Future: Innovation + Flexibility at Flint Hill School

The new school was designed with the well-being of the adolescent in mind. With specific and special attention paid to these crucial years of exploration and self-discovery, the design offers broad and deep learning opportunities that both challenge and support students.

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08/18/21

Research

Demand for Design Activity Continues to Expand

The ABI recorded its sixth consecutive positive month, according to the latest report from the AIA.

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