Virginia Governor Mark R. Warner has issued a certification of recognition of Virginia Architecture Week, April 7–13, calling its observance “to the attention of all our citizens.” The Virginia Society sponsors Architecture Week to “recognize the contributions of architects and architecture to the quality of life in Virginia communities.

“Architecture is integral to all our lives as we drive and walk throughout our towns and cities, and as we encounter it in our homes, workplaces, schools, places of worship, and centers for cultural entertainment and recreation,” explains the Virginia Society Vice President for Advocacy Scott Spence, AIA.

All five local chapters in the commonwealth have scheduled special events for Architecture Week, among them:
• AIA Blue Ridge architects are offering a merit badge workshop for Boy and Girl Scouts
• AIA Hampton Roads will be hosting high school students for an afternoon with local architects in their offices for a firsthand look at the design process
• AIA Northern Virginia will offer walking tours through historic Alexandria
• AIA James River will host bicycle tours along the Potomac
• AIA Central Virginia will present a house tour considering the “New Urbanism” of a modest neighborhood and a lecture at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, by Tod Williams, FAIA, and Billie Tsien, AIA, recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture.

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