[from Cville Weekly article by Katherine Ludwig]

“I’ve always been concerned with the future of humanity and this little piece of land called the earth and how that interacts with architecture,” says Lucia Phinney, an architect, landscape architect and lecturer at UVA’s Architecture School. Phinney’s latest experiments and interests are in designing rainwater collection ponds and reflective shade-cloth covered trellis systems that together create cool, moist microclimates between and around structures. Her online faculty profile describes her work as exploring “the means to reveal rather than erase the incredible potential for natural systems to effectively engage and inform the places we make.” The North Garden home she shares with partner and fellow architect Robin Dripps is informed by frogs. Many frogs.

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