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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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01/21/21

Research

Architecture Billings Continue to Lose Ground

Demand for design services from U.S. architecture firms took a pointed dip last month, according to the AIA’s latest report.

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12/21/20

Arts & Culture

Exhibition Aims to Inspire Future Architects

The exhibition “Young Architects: Designing for the Future” explores the world of architecture and community design.

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Potter's Craft Cidery interior
12/21/20

Interiors

Potter’s Craft Cider by Studio Figure

Located in a 19th century stone worship space in Charlottesville, Studio Figure’s subtle retrofit celebrates the structure’s history and materials.

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12/17/20

Research

Architecture Billings Lose Ground in November

Architecture firm billing activity is contracting once again after two months of a slowing decline according to the AIA’s latest report.

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House Church Link by Angus Macdonald
12/15/20

Sketches

Sketches: House & Church Link

House & Church Link by Angus Macdonald, AIA.

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11/18/20

Partner Content, Products

Hardwood Flooring: How Homeowners Indulge While Staying in Place

Designers have created indulgent and luxurious experiences for homeowners using hardwood, even when they’re just staying in for the weekend.

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11/18/20

Books

Egyptian Places: An Illustrated Travelogue

“Egyptian Places: An Illustrated Travelogue” by Richmond architect Henry David Ayon documents his visits to 12 of ancient Egypt’s most spectacular sites.

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