Residential Architect Magazine: Virginia Architects

Rural Studies

Fri, 1 Feb 2013 03:42:30 EST

Not your typical firm, but its principals are pursuing an elemental practice.

chuck swartz, aia, leed ap, and beth reader, aia

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:17:40 EST

Reader & Swartz Architects was founded during a recession. “Beth got laid off and I had the brilliant idea of quitting and starting our own firm,” says Chuck Swartz, AIA, LEED AP.

articulating the minimal

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:46:54 EST

Brian Messana, AIA, and Toby O'Rorke, RIBA have been practicing the art of minimalism since opening for business in 1996. They've developed a keen eye for the calming qualities of space and light, and a reputation for quiet, nuanced innovation.

light from both sides

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:59:57 EST

David Salmela's modernism honors the past, the human need for comfort and warmth, and the north country's fleeting sun. A self-described modernist who admits, with a hint of bewilderment, to being controversial, Salmela routinely creates sophisticated houses that blend his own proclivity for minimalism with a talent for concocting domestic comfort.

farmhouse, virginia

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:36:26 EST

The owners of this rural Virginia farmhouse, parts of which date back to the 1750s, wanted what so many modern families want: larger rooms that make better sense.

rising star: robert m. gurney

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:18:32 EST

At the end of his first decade of practice, Gurney's mixed materials and svelte forms usher modernism into the new millennium.