Richard and Linda Shank loved their last house, which he’d designed for them in Ednam Forest. But it had two problems. One was the lack of a view. The other was deer. During their 20 years there, he said, “The deer took over our landscaping.” When they decided to relocate, they searched for a site […]
Richard and Linda Shank loved their last house, which he’d designed for them in Ednam Forest. But it had two problems. One was the lack of a view. The other was deer. During their 20 years there, he said, “The deer took over our landscaping.” When they decided to relocate, they searched for a site […]
Resides in: Charlottesville Best known for: Home goods shop Roxie Daisy 1. Antique or modern? Antique with touches of modern here and there. 2. City or country? Both! How can you pick? Go for a walk down a river or go for a walk through Barneys and I am a happy woman. 3. Which colors […]
Good design can be found almost anywhere. This month, we’re taking our cues from Justin Ross’ long-awaited Stonefield eatery Parallel 38. Like its menu, the restaurant’s décor is a mixed bag of modern, rustic, and ethnic, with woodsy accents and oil-rubbed bronze finishes. Ross and his girlfriend were involed in every aspect of the restaurant’s […]
A third generation builder, Jeff Cianciotti started out in the residential construction market. But a few years after that, he turned to masonry when a friend hired him to help run his small business. “I helped it grow into a diverse company that worked on jobs for homeowners, production builders, large custom homes, and light […]
Think of history in Charlottesville, and you might think first of Court Square, Monticello, and other seats of power. But the city has an industrial past, too, and it’s still visible in places like the Silk Mill Building, an 1898 factory whose brick façade is tucked behind the Preston Avenue Bodo’s. Eighteen years ago—after stints […]
We caught up with Scott Weiss to see what he’s currently working on, how he ended up practicing in Virginia, and why a 1974 action drama helped inspire him to become an architect. Here’s what he had to say. Why architecture? I have always been artistic, but I have never felt that I was particularly […]
In the Piedmont, large red brick houses have always had a certain kind of monumental grandeur in the landscape. They are Virginia’s architecture—a tall central house, often hyphenated with ancillary spaces to the sides, large and formal, yet quiet and elegant—and were the standard bearer of sophistication in their time. I admire them most often in late autumn […]
It was a familiar Charlottesville story. The house, a 1960s ranch, boasted a great location near Downtown, but its outdated floor plan needed to be modernized. “It was a lot of square footage but didn’t seem like it when you walked in,” said Scott Abbott, owner of Abbott & Co. General Contractors. “It was your […]