Two VMDO Projects Honored with 2018 AIA Virginia Architecture Awards
11.08.18AIA Virginia honors Charlottesville's Brooks Family YMCA and Liberty's Concert Hall and School of Music with awards for architecture and interior design, as part of a distinguished pool of 13 merit award recipients.
Taking Responsibility for Climate Change
10.19.18What role does architecture, and do architects, play in shaping our future climate? The new IPCC special report, Global Warming of 1.5d, provides a clear picture of the rapid rate at which our global climate is changing and the ecological, human, and societal costs of these coming changes. The report also offers some energizing information: every project, every action, every tenth of a degree makes a difference, now and for generations to come. There really is no other choice but to act, and act now.
Safer Schools: Designing for Both Physical and Psychological Security
09.19.18K12 Studio Leader Rob Winstead shares evidence-based research and design strategies that are informing current policies on school security – building on recent testimony he delivered to the Virginia House Select Committee on School Safety in August 2018.