2008 Design Annual: Intelligent design

When you think of design in Charlottesville, you probably think of UVA’s Lawn and the Rotunda and Monticello and blah bity blah, blah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But do you also think of Booker T. Washington Park? Blue Light Grill? The Live Arts building? The silkscreened posters for the Wilco show at the Pavilion? You should.

Function is the new form

Feature articles: Rock this townMatt Pamer on designing music posters and paying his bills Fresh airA modern landscape breathes new life into formerly segregated Washington Park Home styleTransplants shop for tradition; tourists come for the cutting edge Democracy in designMaurice Cox champions a traditional ideal to solve modern urban problems According to one local architect, […]

Rock this town

More feature articles: Function is the new formTwo architecture firms find beauty in utility Fresh airA modern landscape breathes new life into formerly segregated Washington Park Home styleTransplants shop for tradition; tourists come for the cutting edge Democracy in designMaurice Cox champions a traditional ideal to solve modern urban problems Almost a decade ago, when […]

Home style

More feature articles: Function is the new formTwo architecture firms find beauty in utility Rock this townMatt Pamer on designing music posters and paying his bills Fresh airA modern landscape breathes new life into formerly segregated Washington Park Democracy in designMaurice Cox champions a traditional ideal to solve modern urban problems If there is a […]

Democracy in design

More feature articles: Function is the new form Two architecture firms find beauty in utility Rock this town Matt Pamer on designing music posters and paying his bills Fresh airA modern landscape breathes new life into formerly segregated Washington Park Home styleTransplants shop for tradition; tourists come for the cutting edge Maurice Cox, former Charlottesville […]

Fresh air

Ten years ago, landscape architect Gregg Bleam was hired by the city of Charlottesville to make a master plan to revitalize all 25 city parks, but only after taking it upon himself to drive around to every single one with his 8-year-old daughter in tow. “Weren’t we just at this one?” she asked as they […]