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June 26, 2008
- October 5, 2008
Palladio and American Classicism
In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of influential 16th-centrury-Italian architect Andrea Palladio, the Virginia Center for Architecture explores the influence of his work on a new generation of architects in America.
Portions of this exhibtion were assembled by the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America.
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On Permanent Exhibit
 The House That Pope Built
A permanent exhibit on the Virginia Center for Architecture headquarters building, built in 1919 by architect John Russell Pope, FAIA. Pope is renowned for the design of a number of national landmarks, including the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the U.S. National Archives, and the National Gallery of Art (West Building) in Washington, D.C., as well as Richmond's Union Station, headquarters of the Science Museum of Virginia. The House That Pope Built includes photographs, narrative, and other educational media that shed light on the house -- a 27,000-square-foot Tudor-Revival mansion -- in addition to John Kerr Branch, the patron who commissioned its construction; the architect; the house's interiors; its setting on Richmond's historic Monument Avenue; and Compton Wynyates, the 15th/16th-century English country house that inspired the building's design.
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