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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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Bicentennial Hall at Virginia Theological Seminary
Bicentennial Hall at Virginia Theological Seminary
08/28/20

Architecture, Arts & Culture, Design

Project Profile: Bicentennial Hall

The adaptive reuse and renovation of Bicentennial Hall at Virginia Theological Seminary was designed by Bowie Gridley Architects in association with Richard Molinaroli. Photo by Anice Hoachlander.

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Office with Blue Walls and wood floor in Blacksburg VA
08/28/20

Interiors, Partner Content

Why Wood is the Way of the Future for Commercial Spaces

Wood is the future when it comes to designing commercial spaces. If you are looking for a way to bring nature and a calming vibe into every room for your next commercial space project, look no further than the trees.

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Shape of our World book cover
08/28/20

Arts & Culture, Books

The Shape of the World: A Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright

“The Shape of the World” serves as the perfect introduction to Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Patreace Thornton
08/28/20

People

Engineer Q & A: Patreace Thornton, LEED Green Associate

We spoke with electrical engineer Patreace Thornton to learn about her pathway into the profession.

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"Understanding the Igualada Cemetery" by Nupoor Maduskar.
08/27/20

Sketches

Sketches: Understanding the Igualada Cemetery

“Understanding the Igualada Cemetery” by Nupoor Maduskar, Assoc. AIA.

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Central View from Entry of Allan Myers Chesapeake office
Photo by Yuzhu Zheng
08/27/20

Design, Interiors

Allan Myers Chesapeake Office

VIA design architects utterly transformed a dark 1970s prototype structure for Allen Myers, infusing it with natural light and integrating the owner’s branding to create a fresh, modern, and open space. Photos by Yuzhu Zheng.

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Mantra Inspired Furniture image
08/26/20

Furniture, Partner Content, Products

The Truth About Wood Sustainability

Where do veneer products go when they die? To the landfill with their chemical glues that seep back into the earth.

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