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Editor More than Roads and Rails /ernon Mays Director of Sales No one in Virginia argues that trans• ^orter F. Hulett portation isn't worth worrying about. Sales Administrator W^ho hasn't sat in bumper-to-bumper ^athy Guske traffic on 1-95 in Northern Virginia or Editorial Assistant along 1-64 in Hampton Roads and cursed shanelle Calvin the inability of the roadway to handle the jraphic Design growing number of cars? And who hasn't Steven Longstaff recognized the toll of suburban sprawl as Distribution another stand of forest is clear-cut for construction of a new subdivision distant 3lair Guncheon from the centers of employment? The high price of fuel, decline in air quality, \ccounting and difficulty in recruiting low-wage workers are all problems that confront us, (enna R. Payne, CPA in one way or another, because of a muddled transportation system. Elena Morozova So what can be done? It's a question often posed by architects, who have long 'ubiic Relations been proponents of transportation systems that can improve the functioning Margaret J. Tinsley of metropolitan areas and help to produce communities whose parts are woven 'ubiisher together, not balkanized. We marvel at the transit networks of European John W. Braymer, Hon. AIA cities, for example, or the rare .\merican success story - Portland, Oregon, where growth boundaries and a comprehensive light rail system combine to jireserve the Editorial Advisory Board natural environment and simplify city living. Stephen C. Weisensale, AIA, Chairman Lately, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has been on a transportation crusade of his :arlton S. Abbott, FAIA own. But while state politicians wrangle over how to pay for the improvements Edward J. Gillikin, Jr., AIA Kaine has outlined, it is important not to lose sight of the wisdom behind Kaine's Robert M. Gurney FAIA policy proposals, which seek to overhaul the planning process that yields long- Vlichael S. Hedgepeth, AIA lasting transportation decisions. On his web site, Kaine makes it clear that "our David A Keith, AIA current system, in which local governments make land use decisions and the state Robert L Paxton, AIA follows behind with transportation decisions, creates a situation where the left Donna M. Phaneuf, AIA hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing." A/illard M. Scribner, FAIA Among other ideas, Kaine is advancing the simple premise that land use and tran.sportation decisions be codependent. As a first step, he propo.sed a law that would require local re/.oning plans to be submitted with traffic impact nform (ISSN 1047-8353) is published five statements. This change would allow state transportation officials to advi.se on imes a year by the Virginia Society of the how proposed development fits with local roads and transit options. This link American Institute of Architects and is funded between local and state governments is vital, because it breeds an environment n part by a grant from the Virginia Center in which land use deci.sions and transportation plans are interconnected. Such an or Architecture Foundation. initiative is a step toward policy that fosters livable communities - that is, places that are pedestrian-friendly; provide a range of choices for housing, shopping, Subscnption rate: $22 for one year, S6 for single recreation, and emplo)mienf, and offer a variety of transportation options. :opies of quarterly issues. POSTfVlASTER: Please An objective case for transportation reform is made by Bruce Kat/., a Brook• send address changes to Inform The Virginia Center ings Institution scholar who argues for new federal policy. Consider an issue as or Architecture, 2501 Monument Ave., Richmond, basic as traffic congestion: Katz notes that the annual delay per rush hour trav• yA 23220. 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Copyright 2006 by Inform. only come through a change in the way we develop transportation policies and how we connect those policies to growth factors that include housing, land use, nform encourages open discussion of architecture and economic development. The philosophy that underlies (iov. Kaine's trans• nd design. Opinions expressed in the magazine are portation plan suggests the beginnings of the policy overhaul that Katz argues hose of the author and not necessarily of the for so strenuously. Change of this sort will not come easily. But for the sake of Virginia Society of the American Institute of Virginia's landscape - and ultimately for the prosperity of its cities and citizens Architects. - the need for new approaches to transportation is undeniable. -Vernon Mays ALBERT & SHIRLEY SMALL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

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Underground Enlightenment The new Small Special Collections Library by Hartman-(^ox Architects preserves a campus landscape with Neoclassical style and a subterranean solution, Rah McChirc, AIA

18 Second Time Around With a sleek renovation by Ilillier Architecture, the old State Lil)rary in Richmond takes on a new role as offices for the gov• ernor and his cabinet. By Ma?y Harding Sadler

24 Light-Filled in Loudoun More than a repository for books, the new Ashburn Library by PS.A-Dewberry doubles as a high-tech learning center and community gathering space. By Kim A. O^Convell

26 Current and Collegial At William & Mary's Swem Library, an expansion by Hanbury F.vans Wright VHattas and Shepley Bulfinch marry historical precedent with modern technology. By Kiin A. O^Connell

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Headlining the symposium, co-sponsored by the Virginia (Center Symposium attendees enjoy a reception at the Virginia Center for Architecture, was M. von Nkosi, director of the .\lixeil Income for Architecture's "Affordable Housing" exhibition. Communities Initiative at the .Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership. He was fi)llowed by a host of speakers from around V'irginia who offered case studies or insight from a political, so• cial, or financial perspective. "For every car you buy, you lose $75,(){)() in housing ability," Nkosi said, explaining that a new car costs about $M)0 to $500 per month to buy or lease. Putting the same money into a mortgage, Nkosi added, would be equivalent to paying principal and interest on a $75,000 loan. The example was just one of many that Nkosi offered to challenge participants' perspectives on how simple choices can affect a family's bottom line. Burrell Saunders, .\IA, of CMSS .Architects in Virginia Beach, offered a case study ot Oyster Point in Newport News. The city center has attracted commercial and retail businesses and residential clients who are willing to pay premium rents because ot the location and the convenience of mixed use. Saunders noted there was no mixed-income housing component at Oyster Point because it was intended to weave together existing low- to moderate-income neighborhoods nearby. In his lecture, .\. Melvin .Miller of the Alexandria Rede\ elopment and Housing .Authority highlighted " The Berg," a mix of market-rate and subsidized units that were built on the site of 100 low-income units that were razed. Officials guaranteed that each ilemolished unit would be replaced with a subsidized unit. Joining the \'C,\ as symposium sjionsors were the X'irginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation and Virginia I lousing Development .Authority. (Corporate su|5|)ort for the Center's educational programs also comes from Capital One and Land.Xmerica. - Dimam Akrnuthy

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Inform 2006: number one The new building (at left) complements the Alderman Library fagade with similar forms and rhythms.

The new Small Special Collections Library by Hartman-Cox Architects preserves the University of Virginia campus landscape with Neoclassical style and a subterranean solution.

ast fall, an advertisement in the University of Virginia stu• users, occupants, and designers? And would the goals established Ldent newspaper contained an open letter from a group of uni• for this project generate a different result elsewhere on campus? versity faculty that posed a number of questions and statements It is probably a naive undertaking to attempt to run the under the heading: "What are the Jeffersonian Architectural gauntlet between the two sides of this debate, but it seems pos• Ideals?" In it, the authors challenged the longstanding institu• sible to sympathize on one hand with the open letter's plea for tional preference for style-driven architecture at the University, site-specific, non-formulaic design criteria, while at the same sparking reaction from many corners. time employing those criteria to appreciate the new Special In the context of this discussion, a recent building by Collections Library. One obstacle to this approach is the let• I lartman-Cox Architects of Washington, D.C., with a two-part ter's specific, if oblique, attack on the project's defining deci• program - the Mary and David Harrison Institute for American sion. (The letter's full text and commentary can be found at History, Literature, and Culture and the Albert and Shirley www.uva-architecture-forum.org.) How, the letter asks, is his• Small Special Collections Library - raises many interesting tory honored by the destruction of genuine historical artifacts questions: Is it possible to accommodate expansion without sac• such as Miller Hall, in tandem with the simultaneous construc• rificing preexisting character and setting? Does the end justify tion of an ersatz physical history? Miller Hall, of course, was the means? What kind of assessment can be made of the new demolished to accommodate the Harrison Institute and Small Special Collecticms Library based on the goals defined by its Special Collections Library.

2006: number one inform Most of the building program is below ground, which consolidates library functions without sacrificing green space (above right and right).

The project's cumbersome name belies a building charac• -Accommodating growth and expansion on this site has led terized by modesty. The Harrison Institute occupies its tip-of- to difficult decisions in the past, too. In 19.^8, to make way for the-iceberg, above-ground portion. The remainder is discreetly Alderman Library, the university demolished the Anatomical buried underground, where more than 12 miles of shelving ac- Theater, designed by Jefferson shortly before his death. Both :ommodates the university's 17 million rare books and special inventive and progressive for its time, the facility was built in :ollections items. The decision to locate the Special Collections 1827 so that audiences of anatomy students could observe the Library here, adjacent to the university's other primary librar• dissection of human cadavers. It was the only Jefferson-de• ies, came following studies of four alternate sites. -A primary signed building on the (irounds intentionally destroyed. jf)al was the creation of a main library cluster. .Also important The new Special Collections Library attempts to remem• ivas per|)etuating the existing quadrangle, arguably second in ber and honor these demolished buildings - Miller Hall and mportance and visibility only to The Lawn. the Anatomical Theater - both visually and substantively. It Adapting the demolished Miller Hall, built in 1S69 to pays tribute to the former by maintaining its basic footprint, louse rare books and special collections, would have presented massing, and profile. Recognizing the important role Miller lumerous difficulties. Updating its code deficiencies and in- Hall played in defining the west edge of the library quadran• talling requisite data cabling infrastructure and sophisticated gle, the two-story, above-ground portion ot the new building imate-control systems were deemed unreascmably expensive. aligns with both the north wing ot adjacent Peabody Hall and jller Hall, genuine historic artifact that it may have been, was the west wing of Alderman Library. loomed by its inflexibility and the conflicting goal of consoli- Beyond merely replacing the demolished building, several ating university library collections. new elements arguably make it a better neighbor than its prede- Vaulted ceilings, indirect lighting, and generous skylights minimize the percep• tion of being below ground (above, left). \i m HI \N0 Smihi i:v Sm\i i Special Collections Ubran'

Below ground, large sheets of minimally detailed glass maintain a sense of ligtit and openness (right).

True muntins frame 15 individual panes

of glass, including curved panes at

apsidal bays (left).

cessor. Its loggia of one-story Doric columns creates a pleasant flexibility, responding to the different conditions al)()\e ;ind and commodious place to sit in the morning sun. facing east to• below ground. L'pstairs, trim and moldings relk'ct a studied ward views of The Lawn and Rotunda. The one-story columns stylistic rigor, sympathetic with the language established out• and absence of a pedimented portico are consciously deferen• side. Below ground, large sheets of glass with vertical butt joints tial gestures, intended to reinforce the prominence of .\lderman permit views between spaces while controlling sound transmis• Library to the north and .Monroe Hall to the south. sion. Technology is comfortably integrated, as well. In the dig• .\l)ove the loggia, semicircular lunette windows proviilc a ital center, scanners, copy stands, and a large Hinman C-ollator nod to Jefferson's Anatomical Theater, which was a low. flat- all comfortably coexist. In the reference room, bays of book• roofed building, square in plan, with eight such windows to a shelves with glass doors alternate unself-consciously with bays side. Jefferson placed his lunettes high on the walls, presum• ctmtaining computer reference stations. I he arrangement re• ably to admit air and light without permitting views from the calls the manner in which bookshelves at the perimeter of the exterior of the grisly activities within. No such functional jus• Rotunda's Dome Room create intimate study alcoves, .\uthors of tification exists in the Special (>)llections building, but the lu• the open letter might view the detailing upstairs in the Harrison nettes' alignment with rectangular windows below, centered Institute as "apologetic Neo-Jeffersonian applique," but it seems within bays formed by the loggia columns, creates a resonance less apologetic than consistent. Downstairs, a unique set ot de• with the double-height arched windows of Alderman's fa^-ade - a sign problems yielded details that create a sense of openness resonance that did not exist between Miller Hall and Alderman. and connection, critical to avoiding the disorienting sense of The effect is sympathetic but divergent, and appropriately def• being underground. erential to the main library. L^nfortunately, the need to provide daylight in the below- The approach to interior detailing shows an intriguing grade spaces resulted in the incongruous planting of four large inform 2006: number one In a manner recalling the Rotunda Dome Room, book cases frame individual workstations in the Special Collections Reference Room (above).

skylights in the quadrangle flowerbeds. The Jeffersonian sen• collections out of nearby .Alderman Library was the reestablish- sitivity to landscape that led to terraced integration between menr ot Alderman's original bright, populated reading room - building and site at Monticello and The Lawn surely sets an a gesture that both honors and remembers history b\- restor• expectation for a more clever solution here. ing a lost campus asset. But to get hung up questioning what Jefferson would do In retrospect, a wholesale inilictment of contemporary is to miss the point. The fact is, employing the familiar brick- Neoclassical architecture seems as foolhardy as a wholesale re• and-white trim in this particular location, along with sensitive jection of Modernism. \ key element of the open letter was a application of the Neoclassical elements found in neighboring plea for consideration of the character of each indiv idual place buildings, made it possible to achieve the important design goal in the development of each discrete solution. .An open-ended of creating a sympathetic and modest western edge to the li• and flexible framework, this approach suggests that an addi• brary quadrangle. Details such as true muntins that divide large tion to the School of .Architecture, for example, would produce windows into smaller panes of glass, cleft slate floors, welded a very different result from a project for a building on the li• bronze handrails, and a consistently high level of craftsmanship brary quadrangle. Perhaps such a conclusion is self-evident, but lend the building a resounding authenticity. it provides a framework for appreciating the linesse and mod• Creating underground storage space for the massive special esty that characterize the new Harrison Institute and Small collections enabled the continued consolidation of the library's Special Collections Library. core collections at the heart of the central Grounds - some• thing that would not have been possible without the demolition Rab McClirrc, AlA, is an axsistant professor in the Dcpartrncnt of ot xMiller 1 lall. Another opportunity created by moving special Interior Design at I'irginia Conimon-d-ealth University. In the lower lobby (above), the materials palette of Vermont slate and cherry millwork convey a sense of timelessness.

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Ground Floor Plan

Project: Harrison Institute and Small Special Col•

lections Library, University of Virginia

Architect: Hartman-Cox Architects, Washmg-

ton, D.C. (Warren J. Cox, FAIA, Lee Becker, FAIA,

Julia Cobb, Yan Huo, AIA, project team)

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Second Time Around With a sleek renovation by Hillier Architecture, the old State Library in Richmond takes on a new role as administrative offices for the governor and his cabinet.

By Ma/j Harding Sadler

ourists visiting Richmontl's Capitol Square might not flock oak in the building's public spaces. The most significant of the Tto the Patrick Henry Building, which has been transformed Iniilding's original rooms have been beautifulK preserved. The from a State Library and Supreme Court into offices for the building s changed use - from library and court to government governor and his cabinet. After all, its exterior is somewhat im• offices and temporary chambers for the (ieneral .\ssembly - posing. This restrained essay in stripped Classicism is distin• eliminated the need for book storage, hence the building s dense guished on the outside by its relentless severity and the consis• core of stacks could be scooped out to create a multistory light tent treatment of walls, windows, and entries. Its gray Indiana court. The stunning result derives from the renovation design limestone walls resting on a nearly windowless pink granite by Hillier .'\rchitecture, of Philadelphia, with associated archi• base send few inviting messages, although, on closer inspec• tects BCWH of Richmond. Richard Sliwoski, now Director of tion, its monumental doorways framed in polished granite and the state Department of General Services, came to the project ornamented with cast iron screens convey the spirit of a digni• with an appreciation for historic buildings and an insistence fied public building. on excellence. But the true glories of this stalwart building lie within, The building's original architects were C^arneal Johnston where the understated Art Moderne ornamentation is ren• and Wright, Baskervill & Son, .\lfred .Morton Githens, and dered in bronze, terrazzo, travertine, mahogany, walnut, and Francis Keally. While the first two were prominent Richmond The south entry fronts Darden Plaza and faces toward the Executive Mansion. The top stories, which step back from the original

fapade, were added in 1970 in accordance with expansion plans conceived in the late 1930s.

firms, the latter two were nationally renowned library archi• dition appeared as two limestone-clad tiers stepped back from tects with a New York office. Carneal Johnston and Wright the original block. Now the massing resembles a ziggurat. had completed preliminary designs for the library in a The original interior divided the buikling between the Neoclassical idiom in 1937. After rejecting this traditional functions of the state library and those of the C^ommonwealth's proposal as lacking "originality and distinction," the Virginia Supreme (^ourt of Appeals. The library entrance facing Capitol Art Commission assigned design responsibility to Githens and Square received more elaborate treatment. Its two-story foyer, Keally. Specifications and construction superv ision were as• walled in polished Montana travertine, opens into the entrance signed to C^arneal Johnston and Wright, and responsibility for hall through a bronze gate whose two posts are capped with working drawings was given to Baskervill & Son. open books framed by wreaths. The vast oak-paneled hall with The result of this collaboration is a rectangular mass whose its centered information desk provided access to the reading symmetrical openings express the building as a two-story box rooms at each end. In earlier days, books and archival mate• with virtually identical fronts: one facing north on Broad Street rials were brought to library patrons from the eleven tiers of and the other facing south toward Capitol Square. The lower stacks that filled the building's core. In contrast, the foyer on half of the building has enormous steel windows set in shal• the north side of the building led directly to elevators and stairs; low reveals flanking a two-story, granite-framed entrance. The the primary space on this .side was the double-height courtroom rhythm of deep-set windows in the building's u|iper halt cre• on the third floor. ates a colonnade of rectangular piers. Quotes from Thomas The Supreme Court vacated the liuilding in 1978, provid• Jefferson, George Washington, George Mason, and John ing the library with limited expansion space. But the discovery Marshall carved in a bold sans-serif font form a frieze above of mold in the mechanical system solidified a decision to relo• the upper windows. The broad entablature is finished with a cate the Library of Virginia in 1996 and the building was va• reeded limestone coping. The architects anticipated future ex• cated. Several potential reuses were considered and abandoned. pansion in their original 1939 design, and in 1970 a rooftop ad• In 2()()() and 2{)()2, the former Preservation Alliance ofVirginia

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numbered the Old State Library in its building. Interior offices and common list of most endangered historic build• spaces, including small break rooms, The library's ings. In 2002, state officials realized the overlook this five-story-tall space. The 21 former reading rooms old library could be reused as an execu• walls of the light court echo the formal (one shown above) tive office building and also as temporarv organization of the building's exterior are temporarily used meeting space for the General Assembly walls - symmetrically placed openings as chambers for the during the (Capitol's major overhaul, with a classical delineation of base, piano General Assembly. which is currently in progress. nol)ile. and attic. But these walls are ren• George Skarmeas, AIA, head of dered in less formal materials: white oak I lillier .Architecture's historic preser• paneling, aluminum-framed windows, vation studio, led the team that accom• and cork floors. Dedicating the level of plished the renovation goals. Those stacks between the entrance hall and the goals included bringing in natural light, new light court to mechanical systems changing the building's use, and max• and other infrastructure solved signifi• imizing space - all without altering cant challenges in the building's conver• the exterior or sacrificing the integrity sion to a new use. of the original design. Challenges in• Renovation of the Patrick Henry cluded converting the stacks into of fices Building required replacement of all and other functions that would enhance vertical circulation elements. Removal the building. Skarmeas remembers dia• of the elevator core opened a visual link gramming the idea to replace the stacks between the original entries and a vital with a light court as part of the job in• cross-axis connecting the doorways to terview. "That's what got us the project," the former reading rooms, which housed he says. the Senate and House of Delegates ear- Architectural historian C^alder Loth, lier this year. The former Supreme of the state Department of Mistoric Court, a handsome walnut-paneled Resources, praised the ingenuity of space, is now the governor's conference Hillier's solution. On the department's room. The most unique of the deliber• behalf, it was Loth's role to help establish ately preserved spaces is the former rare priorities for the preservation effort. The book room, a double-height Art Deco centerpiece of the renovation is the new volume ringed by a gallery with a glass- light court, a large open space that allows and-chromium balustrade supported on natural light to spill into the heart of the slender columns. The room's walls are 1

The rare book room is

rehabilitated

as a plan review room

for the Department

of General Services.

paneled in mahogany and lined with bookshelves protected with chromium grilles. On two sides, glass walls formerly enclosed small studies where patrons examined delicate manuscripts. Among the jewels in this state-owned landmark are the SO original light fixtures that have been refurbished and rein• stalled in the public areas. These include the milk-glass globe in the south entry, a pendant light encircled with an ornamen• tal metal band and finished with a crystal ball finial. The typi• cal fixture in most of the building's high-profile spaces is a shal• low copper bowl suspended from a compass rose by a bundle of rods. Encircling the rods are rings that fix a glass ball at four points. Six-pointed silver stars ornament the rim of the bowl, which is washed with light from within. These elegant fixtures are among the unexpected delights revealed to those who pen• etrate the somber facade of the former state library. (Construction crews completed the S32 million renovation last spring; the former library was dedicated and renamed the Patrick I lenry Building in June. For those who want to expe• rience this highly literate example of architectural reinvention Each of the upper and historic preservation, it is well worth the effort to explore floors has two breeaak beyond the building's stern first impression. rooms overlooking

the light court. Mary Harding Sadler a historic preservation consultant, is a prin• cipal of Sadler & Whitehead Architects, of Richmond. r T - IT Ivf • 7 i I

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2 Entrance Hall

3 North Lobby

4 Senate Chamber

5 House Chamber

6 Light Court

7 Conference Room 8 Cabinet Offices

Project: Patrick Henry Building, Richmond

Architect: Hillier Architecture, Philadelphia (George

C. Skarmeas, AIA, lead designer/preservation archi• tect; Richard I. Ortega, PE., AIA, technical leader;

Lisa Soderberg, preservation coordinator; Gretchen

Pfaehler, project manager; David Moos, project architect; Tony Hawkinson, field coordinator) The former Supreme Associate Architect: BCWH Architects, Richmond Court of Appeals Consultants: Robert Silman Associates (structural); (right) now serves as Joseph R. Loring & Associates (MEP & telecommu• a conference room nications); Woodburn & Associates (food consul• for the governor. tant); Ducibilla Venter & Santore (security); James

Lawrence & Assoc. (vertical transportation); Schirmer

Engineering Corp. (code & fire protection); Gary Steffy

Lighting Design (lighting design)

Construction Manager: W.M. Jordan Company

Owner Commonwealth of Virginia

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Much more than a repositoij for books, the newAshbum Librcnj by PSA-Dewben'y doubles as a high-tech learning center and community gathering space.

n Loudoun County, Virginia, subdivisions sprout like spring Opened in 2003, the Ashburn Library is a light-filled, I crops. Old-timers may grumble at the rapid pace of develop• 23,000-square-foot facility complete with community areas, ment, but even the county's many newcomers wonder how the\' computer stations, and data ports. PSA-Dewberry, a Fairfax will forge a sense of community in a quickly changing region. architecture and engineering firm, designed the library to bal• The new Ashburn Library, however, may go far to help resi• ance traditional uses with high-tech capabilities. "In ten years, dents make those vital connections. this area has gone from mostly farmland to suburban develop• A recent report in The Washington Post noted that Loudoun ment," says Jim Beight, .\1A, the project principal who served County residents use libraries nearly three times more often alongside principal-in-charge Dan .Vloore, "This building than the national average - even more than they use local parks. had to be not just a library, but a community center." Loudoun also has increasingly attracted high-tech businesses, Although the library keeps a lo\\ profile, it is punctuated and its residents tend to be technologically savvy. Therefore, it by a two-story center section that announces the main en• was imperative that the new library meet the county's growing trance. This soaring volume is almost entirel\- banked with win• demands for updated technology and access. dows, inviting visitors in while offering views to the surround- Overhead windows

provide ample

daylight (right), but > fritted glass counters the ill effects of glare 1 and UV rays.

ing park. The lobby contains DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks. On either side of the center room, spaces are divided according to function. Meeting rooms and a children's area occupy one section and traditional stacks and a quiet read• ing room are in another. 25 Large clerestory windows fill the space with light, but this also led to con• cerns about glare on computer screens and the effect of ultraviolet light on other materials. To address this issue, the de• Floor Plan signers selectively used fritted glass.

Building materials draw inspiration 1 Entrance 6 Fiction

from the vernacular, including Virginia 2 Lobby 7 Reference

brick and buff-colored limestone. "From 3 A/VArea 8 Non-Fiction

a materials and color standpoint, it blends 4 Meeting Room 9 Periodicals

in nicely," Beight says. "But it doesn't try 5 Children's Books 10 Circulation/Staff to mimic the architecture that surrounds it." Already the library design has gar• nered several awards, including a cita• tion from the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Somewhat ironically, this modern suburban facility features a tile mural by artist Joan Gardiner depicting local history. In it, a farmer plows earth that Computer stations contains Civil War bullets, arrowheads, and data ports are and a shark's tooth. As new subdivisions plentiful, with DVDs, continue to crowd Loudoun County, this CDs, and audiobooks image may belong only to the past - but found conveniently in at least the kids have a high-tech facility the lobby (right). in which to read about it. -KimA. OVonnell

Kim O'Connell is a freelance ivriter based in Arlington. inform 2006: number one Current and Collegial

At William & Maiys Swe?n Lilmiry, a major renovation and expansion h f Janluny Evans Wright Vlattas and Shepley Bulfinch have married historical precedent ivith niudern technolog)'.

n Williamsburg, \'irginia, the past - llanl)iii-y l'.\ans Wright X'lattas, of I is always present. Nowhere is this Norfolk, w orking with Sheple\- Bulfinch tenet more ingrained in the landscape, Richardson and Abbott, of Boston - re• in the program, and in the very build• tooled the exterior so that it better com• ings themselves than at the College of plemented the college's Georgian archi• William & Mary. .Against this histori• tecture. The project also added more cal backdrop, the college recently cele• than 103,000 square feet of collections brated the completed renovation of the space to the existing 171,()()0-square- Earl Gregg Swem .Memorial Library, loof building. nearly doubling the size of the facility. Referencing the symmetrical lirick Unifying the appearance of the forms of the college's famed Wren Build• Swem Library was a primary goal of the ing and its old campus, the designers re• project. In the 1980s, the distinct mod• cast the Swem Librarv- in handmade brick, ern design of the original l'>66 library with concrete trim replicating limestone, had been considerably muddled by a simulated slate shingles, and lead-coated Postmodern addition. In addition to copper flashing and soffits. The main adapting the structure to new technolog• entrance is punctuated by an eight-foot- ical functions, the renovation architects wide circular window that also takes its ues from the Wren Building. "We made sveral decisions to soften the Postmodern dilition," says Stephen Wright, the esign principal for Hanbury F.vans. \s a result, the rest of that quadran- le is now undergoing reskinning and isurfacing." In addition to upgrading the li- ran,''s exterior and functionality, the ar- hitects anil engineers quickly realized lat the original structure had weakened ver the decades. It needed reinforce- lent before new archival and collections icilities could be installed. "Then we :arted the painstaking process of reno- ating the existing building. .\nd we had 5 do it quadrant by quadrant, because it ad to remain open," Wright says. Inside, space is organized around a ub called the Information Commons, "he area houses more than 100 computer :ations, numerous data ports, and semi- ar rooms. Where students once read in ilitary carrels in darkened spaces, light• lied seating areas now feature plush Furnishings and colors are upbeat inside the addition (above). The brick exterior maintains hairs more akin to Barnes & Noble than the quiet dignity of William & Mary campus traditions (below). 5 a college library. .'\ cafe known as the lews - Swem spelled backwards - also u ites fellowship and collaboration. The addition, now dubbed the 11 I'arren Burger Special Collections avilion, houses the former chief jus- ce's personal papers, along with } mil- on manuscripts, 35,000 rare books, nd college archives. Wright says what's lost rewarding is to have made a proper ome for the protection of W&M's im- ortant archives - along with a cam- us building where students want to be - Kijfi A. (yComiell

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Project: Newport News Wastewater Office Building Project: DuPont Fibers Federal Credit Union Operations Center

This project at the Newport News Operations (-enter con• This two-phase, 40,000 s.f. operations center in Richmond sists of a one-story, 1.5,000 s.f office building, along with an will centralize administrative functions. The first phase con 8,000 s.f. pre-engineered \'actor Building. Both were de• sists of an office facility with a curved circulation corridor signed to withstand a Category } hurricane, as well as pro• Other features include a board room, training rooms, data vide additional office space. Tel: 757-873-9644 processing, and computer room. Tel: 804-343-1010

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The main corridor of the single-story, 950-student New This h)ur-story condominium building for seniors is po Ladysmith Elementary School will be developed with an sitioned at the entry to the historic Lorton Correctional attention to natural light and casework that provides display Facility redevelopment. Its esthetic fuses the mass of the ex space as well as views into the media center, cafeteria, music isting prison buildings with modern glazed solaria breaks in room, and art room. Tel: 804-788-4774 the exterior wall, www.beeryrio.com

On the Boards listings are placed by the firms. For rate information, call Inform at 804-644-3041, Architect; Clark Nexsen Architecture & Engineering, Norfolk Architects: CMSS Architects. P.C., Virginia Beach

Project: Beach Ford Showroom with Philip Johnson / Alan Ritchie, New York Project: Sandler Center for the Performing Arts

This new automobile showroom in Virginia Beach will be a state-ot-thc-art sales facility. The first floor includes a show• Opening in 2007, the Sandler C>enter promises to be the city's room, sales area, and cafe - all designed to provide a comfort• premier live entertainment venue. The center features an able, auto-show setting. Offices and an executive suite occupy 84,000 s.f., 1,200-seat theater, and a 50,000 s.f. adjoining arts the second floor. Tel: 757-455-5800 / www.clarknexscn.com academy. Tel: 757-222-2010 / www.cmssarchitects.com.

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Project: General Electric Commercial Finance Headquarters Project: Harley-Davidson of Lynchburg, Renovations and Addition

This 80,000 s.f. corporate interiors project in Norwalk. Conn., The new addition of 10,300 s.f. will provide an expanded will provide executive, staff, and conferencing areas for senior showroom, offices, and retail space for clothing and accesso• level GE staff. The design incorporates an oval communi• ries. Included in the renovations are an expanded parts area cating stair, a dramatic lobby skylight and feature wall, along and reworking of the existing fa(;ade. Tel: 434-538-4300 with custom millwork solutiims. Tel: 703-682-4'^()() inform 2006: number one On the Boards

Architect: Geier Brown Renfrow Architects, Alexandria Architect: HKS, Richmond, in association with Shalom Baranes Associates, Washington. D.C. Project: Hungarian Embassy Project: U.S. Naval Academy, Wesley Brown Field House

In partnership with the Hungarian architecture office of A&D Studio, Geier Brown Renfrow is renovating the This new field house w ill serve as a football and lacrosse prac C'.hancer)' building and designing a new Consulate and tice facility, as well as a track venue. The dynamic glass fa(;ade Residences for the I lungarian I''ml)ass\' in \\ ashington, D.C. is backdrop for the main hall, and the masonr\' exterior nods Tel: 703-836-9775 / www.GBRArch.com to campus tradition. Tel: 804-644-8400 / www.hksinc.com

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Architect: HSMM, Roanoke, with William P. Bowling, III, Roanoke Architect: James River Architects, PC, Newport News

Project: Acorn Hill Vineyard & Winery Project: Wolseley North America Headquarters

Located on 290 acres in .\Iadison, \'a., the 60.000-s.f. com• James River .Architects is designing the first headi]uarters plex is predicated on a "round barn concept." It includes wine- for the newly created Wolseley North America division of inaking operations, administration space, tasting areas, re• WolselcN' PLC. the British parent company of Ferguson ception hall, kitchen, warehouse, and cave for barrel storage. Knterprises. (Construction of the 225.000-s.f., Phase I (top) Contact Michael Brennan, AI.A, at [email protected] is expected to begin in this summer. Tel: 757-595-5.504

On the Boards listings are placed by the firms. For rate information, call Inform at 804-644-3041. Architect: Mitchell/Matthews Architects & Urban Planners. Charlottesville Architect: MMM Design Group, Norfolk

Project: Jefferson Commons Project: J. Sargeant Reynolds Workforce Training and Conference Center

This 8()-hfcl student residence with helow-grade parking is MMM's design of this facility in Richmond will emphasize located adjacent to the C'.entral Grounds at the University of its function as an occupational and technical training center. V^irginia. Because of its location, the huildingmust meet strict The two-story building will house classroom and laboratory architectural guidelines to ensure its appropriateness in this space, a ballroom-si/.ed multipurpose room, "flex" room for prominent, historic neighhorhood. Tel: 434-979-7550 training, and advanced a/v technology*. Tel: 757-623-1641

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Architect: nbj Architecture, Glen Allen Architect: SFCS Inc., Roanoke

Project: Preston Avenue Condominiums Project: Cox Communications Expansion

This high-end condominium project in Charlottesville will A fast-track renovation and expansion project will double the consist ot one level of structured parking and 27 residen• size of Cox Communication's current operations center in tial condominiums on three upper levels. The condominium Roanoke. Spaces are being designed to enlarge networking iving is enhanced hy terraces on two floors and halconies to capabilities, retail space, marketing staff offices, and storage jail units. Tel: 804-273-9811 / www.nhjarch.com facilities. Tel: 540-344-6664 / [email protected] nform 2006: number one On the Boards

Architect: Watershed, Richmond Architect: SK&I Architectural Design Group, Bethesda, Md.

Project: Broom Hollow Project: TheAdele

This residence consists of three buildings connected by This 29,000-s.f. corner site in Silver Spring, Mil., is charac breezeways, forming a series of seasonal courts. Roof forms, teri/ed by its eclectic mix of retail, office buildings, and autc inspired by nearby foothills, balance south clerestory light repair shops. It must conform to two height zones. The pro and ventilation into a structure fiicing northwest views of the |)Mscil nuxed-iise Iniililing w ill iin igorate the street and pub Blue Ridge. Tel: 804-254-8001 / www.watershedarch.net lie space with an outdoor public plaza. Tel: 3()l-654-93()()

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Architect: Wiley & Wilson, Lynchburg, with Munari Designs, Midlothian Architect: William Henry Harris & Associates, Inc., Richmond

Project: Kline Campus Center Renovation, Bridgewater College Project: Trinity Baptist Church Multipurpose Center

This project entails a renovation ol Hridgcwatei-'s kitchen, This building includes a Phase 1, 26,000-s.f. recreation and servery. and lounge (above), which functions doubly as a place worship center. Later phases provide a 1,000-seat sanctuary for students to gather. This campus landmark will be mod• education space, music center, and offices. A product of the ernized to include a new performance stage and recreational architect s planning workshop, the church u ill be brick clad amenities. Tel: 434-947-1901 / wvvw.wileywilson.com with a block base. Tel: 800-473-0070/www.harrisarchitects.org Index to Advertisers

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nform 2006: number one Taking Note Pressed Back into Service

Historic view shows

Officer's Club under

construction (above),

along with similar

view today (left).

ur job is to let the building tell its Oown story," says Don Swofford. F.-M.A, of Don A. Swofford and 36 Associates in Charlottesville. "If we've done our job well, no one will even know we were there." This philoso• phy is the key to the rehabilitation of the old Officer's Club at Fort Pickett, located near the town of Blackstone in Nottoway County. Built about'1942, the 21,000- square-foot building is a two-story, wood-frame structure with single- story wings. Originally intended for temporary use by troops while train• An impressive mural dominates the main hall (above), while illuminated glass ing for armed combat during World block at the bar creates a club atmosphere (below). War II, the building by rights should never have sur\ ived into the 1950s, but began the rehabilitation process with a ervation - and guided by principals o was pressed into service once again detailed analysis of the structural condi• the original design - Swofford was abK during the conflict in Korea. The club tions and research into the original de• to adapt the space to its new life, whil< was remodeled time and again - and fi• sign, materials, colors, and function of retaining the character and visual moo( nally abandoned in 1972. By the time it the building. One example of the chal• of the club's earlier days. was sold to Nottoway County in 2000 lenges faced during the rehabilitation - Charla-n Pin as a result of the base's closure, the of• was the need to create a conservation en• ficer's club had become a rare surviv• vironment for the impressive mural that ing example of pre-World War II mil• dominates the main hall. The necessary itary construction. heating and cooling system required the The Nottoway County Board of introduction of industrial elements into Supervisors envisioned new life for the room, Swofford .says. His application the building as a community center ot military-like utilitarianism called for that would contain a distance learn• ducts and other mechanical systems to be ing center, day care center, and gath• in plain view, resolving the issue. ering places for the community to hold By blending the modern require• cultural and family events. Swofford ments of the building with historic pres•