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Rice House

Richard Neutra 1962 1000 Old Locke Lane The Rice House may be Richmond’s most iconic modern home. Designed in the early 1960’s by Austrian-born Los Angeles architect Richard Neutra, the international style house was built for Walter Rice, an executive at Reynolds Metals and the U.S. ambassador to Australia, and his wife Inger. Richard Neutra …

Virginia Union University Belgian Friendship Building and Bell Tower

Architect: Henri Van de Velde Dates: 1939-1940 Address: 1500 N. Lombardy Street Virginia Union University was founded in 1865 and had a campus dominated by grey granite Richardsonian Romanesque buildings. Nestled in this classic collegiate environment is a surprising architectural exception to the rule; the Belgian Building. Designed for the 1939 New York World’s Fair …