15 Central Park West is one of the newest, yet most famous addresses on the avenue. The asymmetrical condominium towers take up a full block. The 20-story “House” is on Central Park West; the 43-story “Tower” is on Broadway. The two are connected in a courtyard that also serves as a private driveway, to shield […]
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Altria Center for Research and Technology is the largest tenant in the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, a 34-acre hub for life sciences research. Approximately 70 public and private institutes and labs occupy the park. Name: Altria Center for Research and Technology, Philip Morris Research Center Location: 601 East Jackson Street Year Completed: 2007 Architect: CUH2A
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Virginia Department of Transportation Annex was the last of the Commonwealth’s planned office buildings in Richmond in 1961, and the somber grey structure has been described as “cold.” Yet, when the sun hits it just right, the windows provide a warm golden glow. Name: Virginia Department of Transportation Annex, Virginia State Department of Highways Annex
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John Tyler Building, a state office building, takes up an entire trapezoidal block. The shape is so irregular that Architecture Richmond comments it is “a site without a single right angle.” The site is also on a steep incline, so the building might be viewed as seven or 11 stories, depending on which corner you’re
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Riverfront Plaza is a pair of red granite-faced office towers overlooking Kanawha Canal and James River, just east of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The 20-story near-twins sit atop a parking garage. Name: Riverfront Plaza Location: 901 & 951 East Byrd Street Year Completed: 1990 Architect: HKS Inc. Style: Postmodern SAH Archipedia: Riverfront Plaza
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Afton Chemical Corporation headquarters is on the Gambles Hill site of the former Virginia State Penitentiary. Name: Afton Chemical Corporation Location: 500 Spring Street Year Completed: 1993 Style: Postmodern Wikipedia: Afton Chemical Style Weekly: A New Book Tells of the Horrors of the Virginia State Penitentiary Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant /
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Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles headquarters, a massive block of white concrete and black glass, is next door to the Science Museum of Virginia – quite a contrast in styles. And, true to its function, VDMV is set amid acres of blacktop parking. Name: Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Location: 2300 West Broad Street Year
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Delta Hotels by Marriott Richmond Downtown, built as Crowne Plaza Hotel in 1986, is a knife-edged red high-rise squeezed between East Canal Street and a Downtown Expressway on-ramp. The building’s shape is dictated by the odd shape of the site. The striking ribbon-windowed design was described as “architecturally ingenious in how it squeezes a big
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Westrock-CoStar Building was erected in 2009 by paper/packaging firm MeadWestVaco as its new corporate headquarters. The company later changed its name to WestRock, and leased space in its HQ to CoStar, a real estate company. CoStar has since purchased the building, and announced plans to build a 26-story skyscraper next door. That structure would become
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VCU Children’s Pavilion got mixed reviews (see links below), but I was fascinated by the way it reflected and fractured the sky and neighboring buildings. It’s dynamic abstract art that changes with the sun, clouds and your own motion. Do the top and bottom clash? Do the odd angles annoy? You be the judge. Name:
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