TCC Visual Arts and Design Center Featured in Retrofit Magazine

Students have now had a full year in the new Visual Arts and Design Center at Tidewater Community College, but ...

Preservation Virginia Recognizes Assembly With ‘Outstanding Preservation Project Award’

Assembly, the downtown Norfolk office campus housed in a century-old building, is being awarded The Gabriella Page Outstanding Preservation Project ...

WPA’s Open-Books Policy Highlighted in Fast Company Article

People aren’t supposed to talk about their paychecks with their coworkers, much less other employees’ paychecks. That’s been the accepted ...

Chrysler Museum of Art Preps New Perry Glass Studio Expansion

Phase 1 of the new Perry Glass Studio expansion and renovation at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk is ...

CEO Mel Price Talks About Workplace Transparency with Inform Magazine

Workplace transparency has been central to WPA’s operations since the firm’s founding in 2010. In a recent interview with William ...

WAVY offers a sneak peek at the new William A. Hunton YMCA in Norfolk

The William A. Hunton YMCA and Work Program Architects have revealed designs for a new facility that will support the ...

Elizabeth River Project’s Ryan Resilience Lab Is a Finalist in Fast Company’s 2024 Innovation by Design Awards

The innovative structure is designed to help the world’s urban coastal residents protect themselves – and nature – as sea ...

CEO Mel Price Interviewed for Authority Magazine

WPA co-founder and CEO Mel Price was recently interviewed for Authority Magazine’s series on “successful rulebreakers.” The in-depth conversation covers ...

Work Program Architects Names Two New Principals, Updates Staff Titles for Future Growth

Norfolk, Virginia, May 3, 2024 — The principals of Work Program Architects are excited to announce a number of changes ...

WPA CEO and Co-founder Mel Price Receives Prestigious AIA Fellowship

NORFOLK, Virginia (April 5, 2024) — Mel Price, co-founder and principal at Work Program Architects, has been named to the ...

Houndstooth: the Redevelopment of the Greyhound bus station

We are excited to announce that we are partnered with Breeden on the design and development of “Houndstooth” on the ...

CoVa BIZ Magazine — Innovators & Disruptors

Explore CoVa BIZ's article Innovators & Disruptors — Women on the Leading Edge, featuring Mel Price. Discover how ...

WPA in the News

The recent Inside Business article Architecture firm designs a 'labor of love' discusses our design process, ...

The Ryan Resilience Lab is nearing completion

The Ryan Resilience Lab is nearing completion in the North Colley area of Norfolk. The new lab is located on ...

Railroad District in Park Place in the News

WPA has teamed with Yard + Company and the City of Norfolk to host the Railroad District in Park Place ...

Ohio Creek Watershed Project in the News

Click here to learn more about the Ohio Creek Watershed Project and our work with Arcadis, Moffatt & Nichol, SCAPE, ...

Now Hiring

WPA is looking to grow. We are hiring a Director of Urban Design, and a Senior Architect/Architect 3. Check out ...

WPA 2023 Summer Internship Opportunity

WPA Summer Internship — Scholarship Program for Diversity Advancement WPA is accepting applications for summer of 2023 Diversity Advancement Internship ...

Assembly, Grow, and WPA in the News

Assembly, WPA, and Grow are making headlines ...

Summer Internship Opportunity

WPA Summer Internship — Scholarship Program for Diversity Advancement ...

Assembly Making Headlines

WPA's new home and recent project, Assembly is making news ...

Fuse Fest, May 22 — Share! Volunteer! Attend!

The community tradition of Fuse Fest is back in the Church Street Area of Norfolk. Click here to learn more ...

Join the City of Norfolk for Norfolk Bike Month!

The City of Norfolk is hosting the 10th Annual Bike Month for the month of May ...

OpenNorfolk Wins National Award

OpenNorfolk has won the Congress for New Urbanism's (CNU) Merit Award in The Region: Metropolis, City, and Town category of ...

AIA Hampton Roads Blog Post – Talking Pay Transparency with Mel Price

Check out the latest blog post by our very own Mel Price on pay transparency on the AIA Hampton Roads ...

Help Multimodal Norfolk Identify Transportation Needs in the City

Multimodal Norfolk is looking for community input of transportation needs in the City of Norfolk. Go to www.MultimodalNorfolk.com for more ...

The City of Norfolk Needs Your Votes!

Norfolk is one of sixteen finalists in the Strongest Town Contest ...

WPA in Inform Magazine — Adapting During the Pandemic

Read about WPA and how the company has adapted during this pandemic in this article by Inform Magazine ...

Elizabeth River Project Resilience Lab In the News

Elizabeth River Project's new Resilience Lab is making headlines ...

Assembly on Track for Spring Opening

Construction on Assembly is moving along and continues to gather tenants as opening day grows closer ...

Downtown Norfolk Council Offering Matching Grants to Local Restaurants

The Downtown Norfolk Council (DNC) is offering matching grants of up to $5,000 for local restaurants to assist them in ...

OpenNorfolk Picked As Local Partner as DoorDash and VRLTA Partnership Brings Relief Funds to Virginia

DoorDash is partnering with the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association (VRLTA) to bring a $450,000 grant program for Virginia ...

OpenNorfolk warms up local restaurants

It was a cold and rainy day in December ...

Team including WPA wins 2020 HRACRE Merit Award

The team of Work Program Architects, Yard & Company, WPL, CVB SGA Office, Team Better Block and Stromberg/Garrigan & Associates ...

Chrysler Museum of Art Public Sculpture

Construction is complete! A colorful 32-foot sculpture at the corner of Brambleton Avenue and Yarmouth Street, and just across from ...

Olde Huntersville Wins Award

The APA (American Planning Association) Virginia Chapter has awarded the Dogwood Award — Virginia's Citizen Planners of the Year to ...

Cox, Gordon and Price Receive Awards for Distinguished Achievement

WPA is excited to announce Mel will be receiving the Award for Distinguished Achievement from AIA Virginia, along with Al ...

OpenNorfolk Neighborhood Spots

Check out the new video by the City of Norfolk on the OpenNorfolk Neighborhood Spots! ...

The Next Wave Campaign with The Elizabeth River Project

The Elizabeth River Project is taking up position on the frontlines of the international quest to combat impacts of sea ...

OpenNorfolk — A Toolkit to Help Restaurants and Small Retail Businesses During COVID-19

Work Program Architects is leading an effort to OpenNorfolk, as cities and towns around the world try to imagine living ...

Inform Magazine: Designer Q+A with Thom White, AIA

AIA Virginia’s Inform Magazine is back in action and WPA’s Thom White was interviewed for this issue’s Designer Q&A ...

The AIA Small Firm Exchange podcast

Please join Mel Price, AIA and Mickey Jacob, FAIA, for the final episode of the Small Firm Exchange podcast, two ...

R-N-R Showprint | A PUBLIC ACT

popblossom is pleased to present, A PUBLIC ACT, an exhibition of letterpress broadsides, posters and prints by RNR Showprint, showing ...

Happy Birthday! MEGA CAKE

The MEGA CAKE's journey to Burning Man is getting close to it's fiery conclusion! Fresh off its successful test build ...

SCULPTING WATER | LAUREL LUKASZEWSKI

SCULPTING WATER | LAUREL LUKASZEWSKI Opening: Friday, June 21 Showing: June 21-Sept 6, 2019 popblossom is pleased to present SCULPTING ...

ULI – Hampton Roads

Speakers: Jeremy Sharp, AICP, Zoning Administrator, City of Norfolk and Peter Johnston, Lead Urban Designer, Work Program Architects Program Description: This ...

Business of Architecture Podcast

Please join WPA at the AIA National Conference on Architecture 2019! In Support of the AIA Small Firm Exchange, we ...

The Hermitage Museum and Gardens “2030 Vision”

The planning process will continue with a series of Listening Sessions, which will ensure that the voices of key stakeholders, ...

Transformation

Thank you to all of the artists and guest for a fantastic opening of TRANSFORMATION. The exhibition will be on ...

Transformation

Opening April 12, 2019 6:30 – 9:30 Exhibition April 12- May 24, 2019 -- Tidewater Burners, the local Burning Man ...