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Richmond / Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU

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Institute for Contemporary Art, aka Markel Center, is part of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Monroe Park Campus. The ultra-modern design is also ultra-environmentally conscious, with green roofs, geothermal heating and cooling, and glass insulating walls combined with recycled metal panels. Name:  Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, Markel Center Location:  601 West Broad Street […]

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Richmond / First National Bank Building

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First National Bank Building was Richmond’s first high-rise building, according to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Surprisingly (to me, at least), this 1913 landmark was built as a bank but commissioned by a railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. The massive brick-and-stone building is an example how architects originally envisioned high-rise buildings – as

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Richmond / Gateway Plaza

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Gateway Plaza is an aluminum and glass high-rise office building overlooking Kanawha Plaza. Visually, the building appears to be three stacked boxes, each with a different façade treatment. Along South 9th Street, the slim office tower has a retail and lobby base. The western section has a metal-skinned parking garage base, surmounted by an office

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Richmond / American Tobacco Company

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American Tobacco Company built this Colonial Revival-style research lab in 1939; additions were made in 1955 and 1992. Name:  American Tobacco Company Location:  400 Richmond Highway Year Completed:  1939 Architect:  Francisco and Jacobus Style:  Colonial Revival Virginia Department of Historic Resources: American Tobacco Company South Richmond Complex HD National Register of Historic Places:  Registration Form

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Richmond / Italianate Building

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Even Google Maps is confused about this building: Reynolds Tobacco and Reynolds Metals both built warehouses and factories alongside the Haxall Canal in the vicinity of Haxall Point. This building, though, is definitely R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, aka Italianate (after the architectural style), aka The Locks – part of the residential

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Richmond / Hood Temple A.M.E. Zion Church

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Hood Temple A.M.E. Zion Church (African Methodist Episcopal) is a 170-year-old landmark in the Jackson Ward Historic District of Downtown Richmond. Name:  Hood Temple A.M.E. Zion Church Location:  16 West Clay Street Year Completed:  1850 Architect:  Albert West Style:  Gothic Revival National Register of Historic Places: Jackson Ward Facebook:  Hood Temple AME Zion Church Google

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