Exhibition panel in Venice from an oblique angle.
The European Cultural Centre’s Italian section is currently hosting an annual exhibition called “Time, Space, Existence,” and invited firms from around the world like Berryville’s Carter + Burton Architecture to participate. This year, Jim Burton, AIA and his design team planned and shaped an exhibition installation called “Tectonics and Craft for a Critical Regionalism,” a display that chronicles both the firm’s history, its methodology, its influences, and the practice of sustainable architecture in Virginia and beyond.
 08/02/23

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Q+A: Jim Burton on telling the story of Virginia architecture in Venice 

Architect Jim Burton and his design team planned and shaped the exhibit, “Tectonics and Craft for a Critical Regionalism,” which will be on display at the Palazzo Mora in Venice until Nov. 26. In this interview, he talks about why regionalism matters more than ever for all of us.

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Guess who’s in Venice this summer? Berryville’s Carter + Burton Architecture has put together an exhibit called “Tectonics and Craft for a Critical Regionalism,” on display at the Palazzo Mora in a show curated by the European Cultural Centre Italy (in collaboration with Open Space Venice). The exhibit runs until Nov. 26.
 07/28/23

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Carter + Burton Architecture showcases regional design in Venice

Architect Jim Burton and his design team planned and shaped the exhibit, “Tectonics and Craft for a Critical Regionalism,” which will be on display at the Palazzo Mora in Venice until Nov. 26.

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Reflecting on Mecanoo and OTJ Architects' renovation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, which received an AIA Virginia Award of Honor in 2022, they’ve done more than modernize the city’s crown jewel. They’ve reestablished something that Washingtonians have come to expect and deserve, which is the dignity that only a public library can confer on the public. Photograph by the author.
 06/28/23

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Op-Ed: MLK Library is a civic hub (that also happens to have books)

Mecanoo and OTJ have reestablished something that Washingtonians have come to expect and deserve, which is the dignity that only a public library can confer on the public.

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Charlottesville’s first cross-laminated timber (CLT) office building, designed by William McDonough + Partners, puts central Virginia on the growing map of mass timber’s nationwide takeover. Certain high-value elements of the building may be disassembled one day and reused or recycled—a contribution to the circular economy, but also a huge factor in this project’s net-positive future.
 06/23/23

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WM+P’s Alastair Reilly: We’re “building a material bank” at Apex

Apex Clean Energy’s headquarters, designed by WM+P, is an anchor for Charlottesville’s net-positive energy future.

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Arguably the most memorable part of Constitution Hall is the main hall, itself, which was part of a $18 million restoration by Quinn Evans, earning it a 2022 Award of Honor for Historic Preservation by AIA Virginia. Ron Blunt Photography, courtesy Quinn Evans
 05/16/23

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Quinn Evans renews Pope’s Constitution Hall for another century of concerts

Quinn Evans worked with DAR for more than 10 years to restore and refresh elements of Memorial Continental Hall and Administration Building and, starting in 2014, Constitution Hall.

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