Seeking Centenarian Firms

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World War I begins, the Panama Canal officially opens for crossings, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place — 1914 boasts some pretty monumental events in our history as a nation. The profession marked some significant milestones that year as well, including the formation of a Virginia component of the AIA.

While it won’t get you mentioned on The Today Show or a telegram from the Queen, the Society and the Virginia Center for Architecture want to know which Virginia firms have hit the 100-year mark. Regardless of name changes, consolidations or merges, if you can trace the history of your firm back to 1914 or earlier we’d love to know about it. As we prepare the commemorate 100 years of the AIA in Virginia, we’d like to celebrate the firms that were there to witness the birth of the Society.

Contact Rhea George at rgeorge@aiava.org or (804) 237-1768 to add your firm’s name to our list of Centenarians.  Who knows? Maybe you will get that shout out from Willard Scott.

In the Firms: September 2011

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Clint Good, AIA, was appointed to the APELSCIDLA Board.

 

Marjory W. (Jody) Gibson, AIA joined Wiley|Wilson’s Alexandria Office as a Senior Architect.

 

Allied Member SGO Designer Glass opened a new showroom in Leesburg, Va. in August.

 

Stewart D. Roberson is taking over as Moseley’s chairman of the board and president/chief executive officer.

 

David S. Harder was promoted to office director of Dewberry’s Fairfax, Virginia, architectural practice. In his new role, he will be responsible for management of the department’s daily operations.

 

In the Firms: August 2011

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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.

Have news to share from your firm? Email  rgeorge@aiava.org. Items may be edited for length.