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ULI – Hampton Roads

Written by WPA on June 6, 2019. Posted in Blog, Downtown Norfolk, Educational, Event, Government, Norfolk, Residential, ULI, Urban Design, WPA.

Speakers:

Jeremy Sharp, AICP, Zoning Administrator, City of Norfolk

and
Peter Johnston, Lead Urban Designer, Work Program Architects

Program Description:

This program will explore the purpose and requirements of Norfolk’s Commercial and Mixed-Use Pattern Book. The Book has been created for developers to make the development process more predictable. The Book is to be used as a companion piece to the new zoning ordinance and includes a checklist for new project development.

Venue
Slover Library
235 E Plume Street
Community Engagement Room: 6th Floor
Norfolk, VA 23510

Agenda

June 20, 2019

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Registration + Networking

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Program + Q&A

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Cocktail Reception

REGISTER NOW: The Future of Development According to the New Norfolk Commercial & Mixed-Use Pattern Book

Business of Architecture Podcast

Written by WPA on May 28, 2019. Posted in AIA, Blog, Educational, Podcast, Small Firm Exchange, Uncategorized, WPA.

Please join WPA at the AIA National Conference on Architecture 2019! In Support of the AIA Small Firm Exchange, we are organizing two workshops with guest presenters Enoch Sears (the Business of Architecture Podcast) and Scott Beebe (My Business on Purpose):

WE101 – The Business of Architecture: Tools for a Profitable Practice (B-School)

8AM-12PM

WE301 – The Marketing of Architecture: Tools for Winning Great Projects (B-School)

1PM-5PM

Click HERE for Podcast

Transformation

Written by WPA on April 16, 2019. Posted in Blog, Burn, Downtown Norfolk, Educational, Event, Exhibit, Glass, Hampton Roads, Model, Norfolk, Public Art, Structures, Virginia Burners, WPA, WPA Gallery, WPA Studio.

Thank you to all of the artists and guest for a fantastic opening of TRANSFORMATION.
The exhibition will be on display until May 24^th at the WPA Gallery. The gallery is located in the historic Monticello Arcade at 208 E Plume Street, Norfolk, VA.

#transformation

#burningman

#tidewaterburners

Imaginings!

Written by WPA on August 24, 2018. Posted in Blog, Downtown Norfolk, Educational, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Selden Arcade, Uncategorized.

A ribbon cutting on August 30th will realize the last piece of an exciting concept for downtown Norfolk’s Selden Market.

Already a vibrant place for up-and-coming entrepreneurs to develop and test new ideas in retail, food and art, the historic space once known as the Selden Arcade now boasts the Slover Makerspace, where anyone with a Norfolk library card can manufacture dreams. The space is outfitted with eight 3D printers, a 75-watt laser cutter, 17 Singer sewing machines and several soldering stations. The Makerspace is adjacent to Slover Library.

WPA congratulates the Slover on the space. We are excited and proud to have been a part of the process to design this place for new imaginings!

Spreading the Word

Written by WPA on August 23, 2018. Posted in AIA, Blog, Convention, Educational, Event, Uncategorized, Urban Design.

Sometimes we are so focused on our own practices and communities that we don’t stop to think that there may be worthwhile messages to share with others.

Practitioners who traveled to CNU 26: Savannah (Congress of the New Urbanism) in May learned about Norfolk’s Vision 2100. A multi-disciplinary team led and in-depth discussion on efforts to address sea-level rise and resilience to protect the city’s sweeping tidal landscape from recurrent flooding. The Ohio creek Watershed project, funded by a grant as a result of the National Disaster Resilience Competition, was featured. Presenters included Stephanie Bothwell, Urban and Landscape Design, Washington, D.C., Ann P. Stokes, Ann P. Stokes Landscape Architects, Norfolk, and WPA’s Mel Price.

WPA then headed to New York City for the AIA National Convention, June 21-23. WPA helped make eight videos for the Small Firm Exchange, dealing with such issues as attracting and retaining talent.