Urban Designer at WPA

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Urban Designer
Work Program Architects | Norfolk, VA

We are looking for a new addition to the WPA team. You will be working with a fun group of architects, interior designers, urban designers, graphic designers, and industrial designers in an open, collaborative environment. We have a beautiful studio at Assembly and can’t wait to share it with you. We love working together in person, but also offer a hybrid work environment complete with a work-from-home setup to provide flexibility.

We are a local firm working on regional projects with national attention – St. Paul’s Transformation, City of Norfolk flood protection, Missing Middle and ADU plan books, and master planning for the Elizabeth River Trail. Our focus is mixed-income, mixed-use communities, coastal resilience in the face of sea level rise, and proactive changes to zoning and streetscape standards to make safe, comfortable, walkable communities. We hope that you can help grow our portfolio and bring the expertise we’ve built to other coastal communities. We believe in transparent community engagement, where everyone has an equal voice and people feel comfortable participating in the process.

You will be able to see your region change around you in just a few years as we design projects that positively affect our families and neighbors. We expect you to come to the table with a love of actively participating in an urban environment, designing, and detailing to improve the lives of our community.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Accredited design degree (architecture, urban design, or landscape architecture)
  • 4+yr. professional experience
  • Experience working with a team of designers
  • Rendering abilities and an eye for excellent composition & design
  • Experience with community engagement & consensus building
  • Comfortable listening, presenting, and sketching out ideas in front of a crowd

Please send resumes and portfolio samples to our hiring committee at hiring@wparch.com.

AIA Virginia Newsletter: December 2023

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O Come All Ye Faithful – In Praise of Volunteerism
Our profession reminds us that the best results are achieved through a collaborative process – that principle certainly applies to AIA Virginia. We are proudly and beneficially “member-driven”. Our organization is fortunate to have skilled, passionate, and dedicated volunteers.
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HRC Trivia Night
Join AIA Virginia’s Historic Resources Committee for our second annual Virtual Trivia Mixer! Mix up a cocktail (or mocktail) and join us for a night of trivia and fun with the preservation community in Virginia. Win $50 Amazon gift cards and glory!
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Need More LUs before December 31st?
Join the Procrastinator’s series of lunch-n-learns this week and next.
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Design Forum XVI
Save the Date! The 30th Virginia Design Forum will be held on Friday, April 5-Saturday, April 6, 2024, at the Institute for Contemporary Art VCU in Richmond.
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Advocacy Efforts
While our advocacy efforts occur throughout the year, particular attention is given to the time just before the Virginia General Assembly gavels into session. Accordingly, the Joint Legislative Committee – the JLC, which operates in cooperation with ACEC Virginia – is getting organized and oriented.
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AIA Blue Ridge wins PAC award
AIA Blue Ridge took home the $1,000 award to spend during 2024 Architecture Week activities. Make your donation to the PAC today.
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Visions for Architecture
The profession came together on November 2, 2023, at the Hippodrome in Richmond to celebrate exceptional individuals, projects, and firms.
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ArchEx 2023 Roundtable Discussions
The members have spoken, we heard you, and here’s what’s next!
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Welcome These New Members
We are always excited to welcome new members to Virginia. The following members recently joined AIA Virginia.
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That’s A Wrap: ArchEx 2023
The profession gathered November 1-3 in Richmond for our annual convention, Architecture Exchange East.
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Newly Licensed
Congratulations to the following members for passing their exams and gaining licensure.
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ArchEx Credits
All credits for ArchEx have been reported to member transcripts. Please check your transcript for accuracy and Let us know – email Delaney Ogden dogden@aiava.org if you forgot to sign into any of your sessions.

ELA Project Presentation
View the Emerging Leaders in Architecture 2023 class project presentation to the leaders in Charlottesville and Albemarle County on October 13, 2023.
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Amber Book
Are you ready to get licensed? AIA Virginia offers 25 associate members of AIA Virginia a 60-day subscription to the Amber Book for only $99.
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Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities
Check out the statewide events calendar here: https://inform-magazine.com/events/

Featured Job Listings
Pella https://www.aiava.org/architectural-sales-consultant/
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Time to Renew Your AIA Membership for 2024
AIA members like you, plus others across the country and throughout the world, create the places where people live, learn, work, and play. To support you, your firm, and the architecture profession, AIA works for you at all levels to advance our nation’s quality of life and to protect the public’s health, safety and welfare through advocacy, professional development, relationship building and public outreach. We look forward to having you continue to be part of this global community and while standing with AIA to enact positive change through design – Renew your membership today!

If you are having difficulty paying your 2024 invoice and would like to continue your membership on an installment plan or need to discuss other ways to keep your membership viable in 2024, please contact Cathy Guske, cguske@aiava.org to set up a time to discuss your 2024 membership.
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AIA Virginia PAC
If you want to opt out of giving to the AIA Virginia PAC from your 2024 dues payment, please click here.
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ArchEx 2023 Roundtable Discussions

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The members have spoken, we heard you, and here’s what’s next! We are working through all the notes/feedback from each roundtable and plan to share a report out and the next steps in January.  If you would like to join, have feedback, and want to continue the conversation, please send an email to Shawn Mulligan at shawn@designclarity.co to get involved. We look forward to continuing these discussions and creating more opportunities for connection.

Time to Renew Your AIA Membership for 2024

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AIA members like you, plus others across the country and throughout the world, create the places where people live, learn, work, and play. To support you, your firm, and the architecture profession, AIA works for you at all levels to advance our nation’s quality of life and to protect the public’s health, safety and welfare through advocacy, professional development, relationship building and public outreach. We look forward to having you continue to be part of this global community and while standing with AIA to enact positive change through design – Renew your membership today!

If you are having difficulty paying your 2024 invoice and would like to continue your membership on an installment plan or need to discuss other ways to keep your membership viable in 2024, please contact Cathy Guske to set up a time to discuss your 2024 membership.

Newly Licensed

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We understand the dedication and effort required to study for and pass the ARE. Congratulations to the following members for passing their exams and gaining licensure. This is great news that thrills all of us and we are so proud to call you architects!

Anna Kniceley, AIA (Richmond)
Benjamin Polzer, AIA (Northern Virginia)
Julia Kwolyk, AIA (Central Virginia)
Constance Owens, AIA (Richmond)
Caitlin Schafer, AIA (Central Virginia)

Have you recently passed the ARE? Upgrade your membership to Architect using this AIA form. or send an email to your Member Services Director, Cathy Guske, cguske@aiava.org

Are you ready to get licensed? AIA Virginia has discounted 60-day Amber Book subscriptions. Read more about it here>>

Have questions about licensure? Contact AIA Virginia’s State Licensing Advisor, Gina Robinson, AIA, at gina.robinson@hdrinc.com

New Members

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We are always excited to welcome new members to Virginia. The following members recently joined the ranks of AIA Virginia.

New Architect Members

William Sergison, AIA (Northern Virginia)

New Associate Members

Mashkur Abdullahi, Assoc. AIA (Richmond)
William Atkinson, Assoc. AIA (Richmond)
Dana Cook, Assoc. AIA (Hampton Roads)
Ashlyn Griffith, Assoc. AIA (Richmond)
Noor Hadi, Assoc. AIA (Hampton Roads)
Carly Harland, Assoc. AIA (Northern Virginia)
Margaret Lockhart, Assoc. AIA (Hampton Roads)
Evelyn Song, Assoc. AIA (Northern Virginia)
Benjamin Sturkie, Assoc. AIA (Hampton Roads)
Anna Bernas-Kelly, Assoc. AIA (Hampton Roads)
Shivani Bhatia, Assoc. AIA (Northern Virginia)
Sandro Cafasso, Assoc. AIA (Richmond)
James Cooke, Assoc. AIA (Central Virginia)
Tommy Jones, Assoc. AIA (Northern Virginia)
Jason Lin, Assoc. AIA (Hampton Roads)
Angela Molina, Assoc. AIA (Northern Virginia)
Irem Sezer, Assoc. AIA (Richmond)
Klodian Toto, Assoc. AIA (Northern Virginia)

Transferred In

Francis Acuna, Assoc. AIA (Richmond) from AIA Florida
Briana Allen, Assoc. AIA (Richmond) from AIA Maryland
Taylor Beaudrot, AIA (Richmond) from AIA South Carolina
Robert Braddock, AIA (Northern Virginia) from AIA Washington DC
Christopher LaMora, AIA (Central Virginia) from AIA Washington DC
Terrance Pattillo, AIA (Richmond) from AIA North Carolina
Pedro Santini, Assoc. AIA (Northern Virginia) from AIA Washington DC
Robert Smedley, (Northern Virginia) from AIA Florida

New/Renewed Allied Members

Roland McPherson, Structural Engineer, McPherson Design PLLC

View all of the AIA Virginia Allied members