Tappé Architects with BCWH Architects 2016 2100 Libbie Lake E St In the age of the internet, e-readers, and online bookshops, the status of the public library might seem threatened, but in 2016, the expansive new Libbie Mill Library opened in western Henrico County. The library, which the county bills as a “knowledge center,” contains …
Steven Holl Architects, design architect, BCWH, executive architect 2018 601 W Broad St The Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) opened to much fanfare in April 2018. Unlike other museums in the area, the ICA is a non-collecting institution that exclusively displays changing exhibitions of work by contemporary artists. The Markel Center, as …
1001 Semmes Ave. 1998 TBA2 Architects (Charlotte) The Truist Riverview Center, a banking and financial operations complex, looms over the James River waterfront in Manchester like an icecube that was molded in a gargantuan ice tray. Its footprint extends over two full city blocks and therefore necessitated the closing of a block of West 11th …
Haig Jamgochian 1962-1966 5310 Markel Road Commissioned in 1962 by the Markel Insurance Corporation, the Markel Building is one of the most distinctive pieces of corporate architecture in Richmond. It was designed by Virginia Commonwealth University professor and experimental architect Haig Jamgochian. The building’s exterior is comprised of alternating horizontal bands of windows and metal …
Architect: Wilfred E. Cutshaw Date: 1891 Address: 101 S. Linden St. 2010 renovation and expansion by Moseley Architects (lead), Smith+McClane Architects (exterior) and Hastings+Chiverta Architects (consulting) There may be no more popular building on the Virginia Commonwealth University Monroe Park campus than the Cary Street Gym on the southern edge of the sprawling grounds. This …
Architect: Minoru Yamasaki Dates: 1975-1978 Address: 701 E. Byrd Street Perhaps the most iconic building of Richmond’s skyline is the Federal Reserve Bank Tower. The Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, 1 of 12 branches in the US, commissioned the building to be designed by Minoru Yamasaki in 1975. The building features a largely aluminum curtain facade …
Architect: Johannas Design Group Date: 2009 Address: 1708 West Cary St Johannas Design Group’s buildings have been known for blending a touch of modernism with influences from Richmond’s historic vernacular. The Mews at Cary Mill is definitely more of the former. The project takes an original approach to the porched town house typology of Richmond, …
Architect: Vincent Kling Associates Date: 1970 Address: 500 East Leigh Street between Fifth and Seventh streets. In each decade since World War II, American city planners have sought panaceas to invigorate deteriorating downtowns. In the 1960s the idea that a major sports/convention facility would invigorate center cities was a popular concept in Virginia. Hampton, Norfolk …
Architect: Ballou and Justice, renovation by SMBW architects Date: 1971 Address: 900 East Broad Street While opinions of City Hall cover a vast range, the particularity of its image is difficult to ignore. Built in 1971, it was the tallest building in Virginia for four years. Deteriorating structural conditions of its facade of marble and …