When You’re Handed a Box, Think Outside of It

When You’re Handed a Box, Think Outside of It

KGD Architects transformed a drab cube of a warehouse into a sleek high-tech facility for the Transurban Express Lanes Operations Center.

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Virginia Theological Seminary Boasts LEED-Certified Homes

Bright and welcoming, a pair of semi-detached homes on the VTS campus demonstrate the seminary’s commitment to sustainable design.

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New Military Community Hospital the ‘Jewel of Fort Belvoir’

New Military Community Hospital the ‘Jewel of Fort Belvoir’

Ft. Belvoir, Va., is home to a new military-community hospital that demonstrates the commitment by the armed forces to build spaces that heal.

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How Design Impacts Health

How Design Impacts Health

In an easy-to-follow Q&A format, Ray Pentecost, FAIA, points to the current shift from design that supports health to design that heals.

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Scan Your Horizons

U.Va. Library Digital Media Specialist Will Rourk explains laser scanning, point-cloud manipulation, and where to find consultants to help you save countless documentation hours.

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Nurturing Future Leaders

Retaining and sharpening the talents of emerging professional is a key AIA priority both for firms in the present and leaders in the future.

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Have Preservationists Been Misinterpreting the Secretary’s Guidelines?

Have Preservationists Been Misinterpreting the Secretary’s Guidelines?

In The Future of the Past, Steven Semes points out that deferential not differential new construction in historic districts should be the goal.

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Architecture Shapes Behavior

Architecture Shapes Behavior

Kim Herforth Nielsen, founder of 3XN, Copenhagen, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Virginia Design Forum X. Here he lays out his approach to design excellence.

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O’Herlihy Analyzes ROI on High-Design Façades

O’Herlihy Analyzes ROI on High-Design Façades

VSAIA Design Forum presenter Lorcan O’Herlihy offers his analysis of how Formosa 1140, a market-driven housing complex in LA, proves that design sells.

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Front’s Marc Simmons on Client Values

Front’s Marc Simmons on Client Values

One of the noted speakers at the upcoming VSAIA Design Forum, February 17, shares his views on pleasing clients and upcoming market opportunities.

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