2023 Region of The Virginias Fellows Fête

2023 Fellows Fête
March 18, 2023

The Grand Salon & DuPont Gallery of the Visitors Center
James Madison’s Montpelier
Presidential home
Memorial to the Enslaved Community
Museum of American history

Schedule

Available Tours / Activities

Saturday afternoon UVA Tour (details TBD)

5:00 pm Cocktail Hour
5:45 pm Group Photo
6:00 pm Introductions – Class of 2023 Fellows
6:20 pm Dinner

PURCHASE TICKETS>>

Additional Information

Virginia’s New Student Health & Wellness Building

UVA Tour
Alice Raucher, FAIA has graciously arranged a brief tour on Virginia’s grounds of their new Student Health and Wellness building, located on their new Brandon Green Street. The tour will be Saturday afternoon and specific times and details will be confirmed via email in the next few weeks.

Montpelier Tour
Public tours of the home are available on Saturday and Sunday. The last reservation on Saturday is 3:00 pm. You can make a reservation online using this link. The tickets are $36 per person and the RSVP for the tours becomes available for reservations two weeks prior to the date.

Directions to Montpelier
Directions from your location are available at the link below, the GPS address is:

11350 Constitution Highway Montpelier Station, VA 22957
(Do not take Chicken Mountain Road – State Route 639).
https://www.montpelier.org/

If you are staying in or near Charlottesville and would like to carpool or would prefer organized transportation to the Fête, please note this in your RSVP and pending response, carpools will be developed and organized transportation may be considered.

Hotel Accommodations and Transportation
Those staying overnight can use the link below to hotels in the Charlottesville and Orange County area around Montpelier. In addition, Montpelier offers some housing on their property. They have five houses, called the Constitutional Village; they are rustic homes built by Marion DuPont Scott, mainly for employees when Montpelier was a large working horse farm.  The homes are set up similarly to hotel rooms with some shared facilities. You can call Montpelier.  They are a 10-minute walk on the grounds to the Visitors Center and $175/night. See link below.

https://www.montpelier.org/learn/const-village

Montpelier also referenced The Inn at Willow Grove, bed and breakfasts such as The Holladay House, Inn on Poplar Hill, Mayhurst Estate among others.  You can call them to check availability and rates.  Accommodations for the many offerings in Charlottesville and the surrounding area can be found online.

Region of The Virginias Fellows Fête 2020

Posted on by cguske

As recommendations to protect public health rapidly evolve, we believe it is prudent to postpone the Fellows Fete. AIA Virginia will be working with our vendors and venue to identify a new date for this event. We will be in touch with ticket holders as soon as details can be finalized. Refunds will be available for those who are not able to join us for the rescheduled event.

American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Region of The Virginias cordially invites you to the 2020 Fellows Fête.

Saturday, March 28, 2020
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Mobelux
1635 W. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23220

Attire is Black Tie.

Join us for cocktails, dinner, and a celebration of our new fellows!

R. Corey Clayborne, FAIA (AIA Richmond)
Robert L. Easter, FAIA (AIA Richmond)
H. Randolph Holmes Jr., FAIA (AIA Richmond)
Gregory L. Rutledge, FAIA (AIA Hampton Roads)
W. Kenneth Wiseman, FAIA (AIA Nothern Virginia)

Purchase Tickets>> Ticket sales are currently suspended.

Read about the Historic Rehabilitation of this building done by Robert Steele, FAIA and BOB Architecture>>

Hotel:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Richmond. Make reservations online or call 1-804-672-8585 and ask for the American Institute Architects group rate. DISCOUNT ENDS MARCH 11th.

Parking:
Carpooling from the hotel is recommended. There are limited parking spaces at Mobelux and street parking available on Broad Street in front of the building.

Thank you to our sponsors

Pella Windows of Virginia

Show your support for this event through sponsorships. Contact Judy Cheadle, jcheadle@aiava.org for more information.

If you have any trouble purchasing tickets, contact Cathy Guske, cguske@aiava.org.

Region of The Virginias Fellows Fête 2019

Posted on by cguske

American Institute of Architects College of Fellows Region of The Virginias cordially invites you to the 2019 Fellows Fête.

Saturday, March 23, 2019
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Le Méridien Arlington
1121 19th Street N.
Arlington, VA 22209

Attire is Black Tie.

Join us for cocktails, dinner, and a celebration of our new fellows!

Manoj Dalaya, FAIA
Jody Lahendro, FAIA
Burt Pinnock, FAIA
Nick Vlattas, FAIA

Registration is now closed.

Hotel:
There is a block of rooms reserved at Le Méridien Arlington for the evening of Saturday, March 23 at the rate of $159 per night (+taxes). Book your hotel at this discounted rate using this link. Deadline for room reservations is February 22, 2019.

Parking:
Hotel parking $8 hourly, $30 daily

Optional:
Walking Tour of Old Town Alexandria
Saturday, March 23, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

The Old Town walking tour starts and ends at City Hall (301 King Street), south plaza entrance.  Highlights of the tour will include private tours of the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum and the Carlyle House — one of the nation’s finest examples of Georgian architecture.

This event will take place on Saturday afternoon, rain or shine.  Suggested parking is located at Market Square garage (110 N. Fairfax Street).  There is no charge for the tour, but pre-registration is required.

Optional:
2019 Fellows Golf Outing at Mount Vernon Country Club

The event is planned for Sunday, March 24 at Mount Vernon Country Club.  Please contact Baird Smith, FAIA at bairdmsmith98@gmail.com  for more information.

Mount Vernon Country Club is a championship golf course which winds its way through the original forest of George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation.  It is an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary that protects the environment through habitat management, chemical use reduction, and water conservation. The course is also enhanced by the presence of Dogue Creek, a tidal tributary which lends a water hazard challenge on 14 of Mount Vernon’s 18 holes.

Thank you to our sponsors

Pella Windows of Virginia

Show your support for this event through sponsorships. Contact Judy Cheadle, jcheadle@aiava.org for more information.