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WPA in the News

Written by WPA on March 5, 2024. Posted in Architecture, Blog, Civic, Commercial, Community, Downtown Norfolk, Education, Elizabeth River Project, Environment, ERP, Glass Studio, Norfolk, NSU, Virginia, WPA, WPA Studio.

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

Railroad District in Park Place in the News

Written by WPA on July 25, 2023. Posted in Blog, Community, Event, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Park Place, Urban Design, WPA.

WPA has teamed with Yard + Company and the City of Norfolk to host the Railroad District in Park Place charrette. The focus of events is to gather input from members of the community. This feature from WTKR talks about the area and the charrette process.

Ohio Creek Watershed Project in the News

Written by WPA on July 19, 2023. Posted in Army National Guard, Blog, Chesterfield Heights, Elizabeth River, Grandy Village, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Ohio Creek Watershed, Reslience, WPA.

Click here to learn more about the Ohio Creek Watershed Project and our work with Arcadis, Moffatt & Nichol, SCAPE, Waggonner & Ball, and WPL on the HUD National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) funded Norfolk Ohio Creek Watershed Project.

Now Hiring

Written by WPA on February 27, 2023. Posted in AIA, Architecture, Downtown Norfolk, Norfolk, WPA, WPA Studio.

WPA is looking to grow. We are hiring a Director of Urban Design, and a Senior Architect/Architect 3. Check out our Hiring page for more information. We would love for you to join our team!

Team including WPA wins 2020 HRACRE Merit Award

Written by WPA on November 17, 2020. Posted in Awards, Uncategorized, Urban Design, Virginia Beach, WPA.

The team of Work Program Architects, Yard & Company, WPL, CVB SGA Office, Team Better Block and Stromberg/Garrigan & Associates won a 2020 HRACRE Merit Award for Best Master Planned Project for the Resort Area Strategic Action Plan in Virginia Beach.

Congratulations to all of the 2020 HRACRE Design Awards Recipients!

View the virtual awards presentation here, and look for the WPA team around the 19:13 mark.

Click here to view the pdf of the Resort Area Strategic Action Plan.

Olde Huntersville Wins Award

Written by WPA on September 28, 2020. Posted in Awards, Blog, Norfolk, Olde Huntersville, Urban Design, Virginia, WPA.

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

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.