Virginia Tech design/build LAB ‘s Keith and Marie Zawistowski work as instructors and architects reaches past the shiny detail and the glossy image. They thrive in calloused-hand projects, their joints and muscles aching at the end of the… Continue reading
Brian Barker of Barker Designs conceptualizes temporary architecture. Through his work as a set designer for the local Barksdale Theater and Theater IV, or Knoxville’s Clarence Brown Theater, Brian distills a playwright’s ideas into… Continue reading
Shaun Irving‘s cameratruck lens looks a bit more U-Haul than Nikon. Learn more about the one of the only apertures capable of helping transport a sofa at Beer+Design 4: Get In Here, May… Continue reading
Its owner never picked up Tom Rodriguez’s first commissioned guitar. So others picked it up and played it, and ordered their own when Tom wouldn’t sell the original. The rest is a sweet sounding… Continue reading
Gwen and Ben Murray’s re:4m design build, featured in R Home Magazine’s January/February 2013 edition, presents environmentally and internationally-Richmond informed projects, balanced by a few good British pints. Educated at VMI, Virginia… Continue reading
Craig Dodson leads Richmond Cycling Corps – a non-profit whose goal is to get youth out of public housing projects. Lofty. How? The bicycle. Think broadly, think art, think mechanics, think long rides… Continue reading
Tom Rodriguez of Rodriguez Guitars quietly employs materials formula one racers flaunt. His interest in classical and Flamenco guitars manifests itself in a limtied number of finely detailed and crafted built works each… Continue reading
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Wolf Ackerman. In their own words: Our approach to design is shaped by our belief that architecture celebrates function and has the power to elevate the spirit. Prepare yourself for a tectonic gift when… Continue reading
A shirtless fellow carrying his parcles up Hull Street, eagerly eyeing a pizza joint? A member of the 2011 Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects Emerging Leaders in Architecture class, Thom White… Continue reading
How often have you read a quote from a non-Frank Lloyd Wright architect on an artist/musician’s website? How about the great land/arch/time imaginings of Enric Miralles? Nelly Kate brings cross-genre creativity to… Continue reading
Mayor Dwight Jones gettin’ some design on at Storefront for Community Design. Get yours on at Beer + Design 3: Get Outta Here, February 6th, 5:30pm at 205 E. Broad Street and learn… Continue reading
Fred Wolf and Dave Ackerman break the contextual constraints with honorable design decisions and thoughtfully integrated spaces. Hear more of their architectural meanderings at Beer + Design 3: Get Outta Here, February 6th, about… Continue reading
To describe Nelly Kate and Dave Watson’s Interstitial Transduction, the People’s Choice Award winner at the 2012 InLight Festival? How about interactive sound image sculptural with electric pick-ups on a leaf tree… Continue reading
Thom White and WPA re-imagine Norfolk’s Boathouse in an article in AltDaily. Hey Thom, does that stub say Hoodoo Gurus? Come find out more about Thom’s musical and architectural journeys at Beer +… Continue reading
Part studio, part community center, Storefront For Community Design also houses Middle of Broad Studio, a VCU Arts program centered on community design. Always a dynamic space, Storefront and MOB go into… Continue reading
Fred Wolf and Dave Ackerman’s Charlottesville firm Wolf Ackerman excels at merging modern with traditional styles. They celebrate detail in their design and we can’t wait to see what they’ll present at B+D3: Get… Continue reading
Giles Harnsberger’s work as an urban planner resonates far outside the reaches of the Storefront for Community Design. Here, past B+D presenter Nick Cooper collaborates with students on a Storefront project. You can,… Continue reading
