Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company of Norfolk, with Hopkins Architects of London, has earned a 2011 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) International Design Award for McMurtry and Duncan Colleges at Rice University in Houston. The colleges, which opened in 2009, house more than 600 students and helped Rice expand its residential college system. The colleges also have earned design awards from the Virginia Society AIA and AIA Hampton Roads.
Stewart D. Roberson, the former superintendent of Hanover County Public Schools, has been chosen as the next chairman of the board and president/chief executive officer of Moseley Architects. Roberson succeeds Robert L. “Bob” Mills, III, P.E., who will continue to actively serve as a member of the board of directors.
Rick Mather + SMBW’s design for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has been identified as a candidate for the Royal Institute of British Architect’s Lubetkin Prize which honors built projects beyond Europe of exemplary design excellence.
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