Lucia Phinney in the News
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Distinguished Lecturer Lucia Phinney has developed a new website, Project Albemarle, to explain, discuss, and plan for the future of the water supply in the county. The site also includes a blog, Infratalk.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Source: ARCHITECT Magazine
Publication date: November 1, 2008
By Vernon Mays
When Karen Van Lengen arrived at the University of Virginia (U.Va.) in 1999, the School of Architecture she joined as dean was full of talented people and fresh ideas. But the building it occupied, Campbell Hall, was sorely lacking in space for reviews, classes, and staff. The four-story concrete-and-brick facility, which was designed by Pietro Belluschi and opened in 1970, had been criticized by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. "There was a huge accreditation issue," Van Lengen says. "I had to do something about it immediately."
Even perceptually, the physical environment was lifeless. So, launching an initiative called "Campbell Constructions," Van Lengen seized the opportunity to upgrade the building. Instead of hiring a name-brand outsider, her stratagem was to provide design opportunities for the U.Va. faculty. Starting with a rather modest gallery renovation, Van Lengen quickly moved on to bigger projects. A feasibility study by Bushman Dreyfus Architects, of Charlottesville, set the stage for three larger-scale projects?two additions and a new landscape plan.
[for complete article, follow link to Architect Magazine]
