Archinect

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A judge in Virginia has dismissed a defamation counterclaim in a case involving two architects. The case involves Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati versus Markus Breitschmid , an architect and architecture professor at Virginia Tech , and is being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 26, 2024

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Archinect

MAY 1, 2024

Virgin Islands Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, Athens, New York Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California Minute Man National Historical Park, Walden, and nearby landmarks, Massachusetts New Salem Baptist Church, Tams, West Virginia Roosevelt High School, Gary, Indiana Sitka Tlingit Clan Houses, Sitka, Alaska Tangier American Legation, Tangier, Morocco Wilderness (..)

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The Architect's Newsletter

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Earlier this week, additive construction company Alquist and Habitat for Humanity formally handed over the keys to the new owner of an otherwise ordinary-looking three-bedroom single-family home in Williamsburg, Virginia. [.].

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The Architect's Newsletter

MARCH 6, 2023

This summer, the sounds of construction will no longer ring out across Amazon’s second headquarters in Virginia. Last week, the e-commerce giant announced it was hitting pause on the development, citing The post Amazon halts construction on its HQ2 development in Arlington, Virginia appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisiana by Virginia Hanusik | Columbia Books on Architecture and the City | $28 I had lived in The post Virginia Hanusik’s new photo book diverts our attention to the everyday impacts of climate crisis appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site.

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The Spaces

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Riverledge, a modernist house about 90 minutes outside Washington DC in the rural outskirts of Rixeyville, Virginia, counts itself as one of America’s first FlatPak Prefab Homes.

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Deezen

JULY 4, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a housing project designed according to adaptive reuse and biophilic design approaches is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Virginia Commonwealth University. Also included is a project promoting wellbeing through interactions with nature and a museum that comments on racism in the US.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

University of Virginia researchers have invented a method of 3D printing with seed-impregnated soil , which could be used to create walls and roofs teeming with plant life. But over the course of a few days, they sprout and become covered in greenery, leading the University of Virginia (UVA) to compare them to "oversized Chia Pets".

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A Gensler and Thornton Tomasetti -led data center project that highlights the enormous potential for similar environmentally-minded hybrid mass timber designs in the booming typology is on its way toward completion in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The post brian peters’ 3D printed ceramic blocks wrap around screen wall at amazon hq2 in virginia appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. text[ure] screen functions as a graphic feature and a security wall, shaped from over 600 3D printed blocks appearing as graphic pixels.

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The Architect's Newsletter

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VFMA) last expanded its footprint in 2010. Fourteen years ago, the world-class art museum in Richmond, The post SmithGroup rolls out preliminary design for new wing at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. Now, it has plans to do so again.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The post plenty opens world’s first vertical farm that uses AI to grow strawberries indoors in virginia appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. in the farm, more than four million pounds of strawberries in a year can be produced, and the first batch is set to arrive in early 2025.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The full-time residence sits within a river valley in Virginia , just outside of Washington, DC. Read: Schaum/Shieh "gently" conforms house to contours of steep Virginia site "Oak surfaces create a sense of warmth, while concrete elements authentically convey durability and strength," the team said.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 29, 2024

A Western District of Virginia judge recently granted Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati’s motion to dismiss defamation claims brought against him by Markus Breitschmid, a professor at Virginia Tech’s School of The post Judge sides with Valerio Olgiati in defamation suit brought by Markus Breitschmid over Virginia house—case over fees is ongoing appeared (..)

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The severe tropical storm, a Category 4 Hurricane , has had a devastating impact on communities across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Read more »

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The Architect's Newsletter

MARCH 19, 2024

Virginia Tech announced this week that Jim Bassett will stand as their new director for the School of Architecture, Arts, and Design. Bassett has served in the role of interim director The post Jim Bassett is named director of Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture, Arts, and Design appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

JANUARY 26, 2024

The month continues with the Senior Loeb Scholar Lecture from Malkit Shoshan on February 27 and ends when University of Virginia faculty member Elizabeth K. Meyer delivers the Daniel Urban Kiley Lecture on February 29.

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Archinect

AUGUST 30, 2024

The Virginia Tech graduate Meidlinger hasn't given up an earned run in two years as the closer for Team USA. While women’s baseball isn’t a sport in the Olympic Games, she and her teammates added a silver medal to that collection Aug. 3 at the Women’s Baseball World Cup.

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Archinect

MARCH 3, 2023

[.] the company’s decision made public on Friday to pause plans in Virginia — about four years after Amazon pulled out of its campus in New York — is the latest reminder that the tech industry’s long boom has slowed. [.] Former CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth, meanwhile, is still growing by a reported $2.25

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Archinect

JUNE 29, 2023

The crunch for new data infrastructure is straining local utility companies in areas such as Northern Virginia owing to a requirement for "inhaling massive amounts of energy," a reality that leads to concerns that local residents will be asked to foot the bill in the end.

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Architectural Record

JUNE 9, 2024

By repurposing a historic facade, the new Virginia General Assembly Building in Richmond mediates between past and future.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Los Angeles County has chosen Arlington, Virginia-based West LA Commons as the prospective developer. Doubling as a popular skate venue since the 1990s, the courthouse site became a legal location for skating following its 2013 closure, in which it’s been dubbed the West LA Courthouse Skate Plaza.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A new documentary from local filmmaker Erik Duda exploring the process and impact of the University of Virginia ’s Memorial to Enslaved Laborers has been released, providing insights into the creation of one of the most important public monuments in America since the opening of Maya Lin 's Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982.

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Archinect

JUNE 11, 2024

Take a look at our latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs : This week's featured employer highlight includes job openings in New York City , Boston , Los Angeles , Washington, DC , and Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a graphic design project exploring identity through the use of handcrafted paper and fabric is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. The post Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents 14 student design projects appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a game created using lidar technology which explores narratives of Filipino culture is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. The post Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents four student design projects appeared first on Dezeen.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Image courtesy Tulane School of Architecture Another lecture presentation featuring Pankaj Vir Gupta of the University of Virginia will follow on October 14th. What Matter's Here.?! Don't miss the school's Landscape.

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Deezen

APRIL 27, 2022

The spiral-shaped glass tower designed by architecture studio NBBJ for Amazon's second headquarters has been given permission to be built in Arlington, Virginia. Virginia was announced as the home of Amazon HQ2 after a nationwide competition. The post Spiral Amazon HQ2 gets go-ahead to be built in Virginia appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a fashion design project that contrasts delicate fabrics with unfinished seams is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. The post Nine fashion design projects from students at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar appeared first on Dezeen.

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Archinect

MAY 13, 2024

New York City led all markets with 733 conversions, followed by Albuquerque and Richmond, Virginia. Office buildings were only slightly behind, with 3,587 converted units, representing 28% of the overall total. A total of 151,000 conversion projects are in the pipeline currently across all 50 states, with a 17.6% over the previous year.

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Dwell

MAY 19, 2022

Property Details: Location: 320 51st Street, Virginia Beach, Virginia Price: $2,850,000 Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Year Built: 1959-1960 Footprint: 3,020 square feet (four bedrooms, three baths) Lot size: 26,068 square feet From the agent: "Frank Lloyd Wright’s design. New plumbing, hot water heating, and radiant heat floors.

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Deezen

JUNE 12, 2023

Dezeen School Shows: a fashion collection that aims to evoke childhood memories and another informed by Disney 's The Little Mermaid are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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Archinect

JULY 10, 2023

Mangurian also lectured at Yale, Rice, Harvard, the University of Michigan, and the University of Virginia in addition to his decades-long tenure at the SCI-Arc, which ended in 2018.

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Archinect

JUNE 15, 2023

Woofter comes to the position with prior academic experience at her undergraduate alma mater Virginia Tech and other universities, where she was a visiting professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and Konkuk University in South Korea.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 16, 2023

She was previously a lecturer at the University of Virginia , where her work through the Global South Humanities Lab earned recognition from the Graham Foundation. This year’s fellow, Emma Mendel, comes to the Center with a research critical focus on the role water has in shaping the built environment.

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