This website is a companion to Hidden in Plain Sight: 150 Years of Architectural Design and Diversity in Central Virginia, an exhibit organized by AIA Central Virginia. that opens at the Charlottesville Community Design Center on April 6th, 2007.

By highlighting the presence of architectural languages, voices and ideas previously overlooked or unappreciated, the organizers of Hidden in Plain Sight hope to broaden community dialogue about the role and character of design in Central Virginia. The exhibit gathers together a body of precedents that counter, respond to or draw from traditional Federal, Classical and Colonial Revival forms. The resulting timeline provides greater context and perspective that can contribute to positive discussions about what constitutes good design in 21st-century Central Virginia.

This exhibit’s intention is not, then, to provide viewers with answers, but to inspire more and better questions. What is an appropriate design response to our time and place? What fits here? What surrounds us that is worthy of our attention or emulation? The precedents presented here provide the basis for this community conversation.

NEW: Photos from the April 6th opening at the Charlottesville Community Design Center (photos by Dan Addison, courtesy of AIA Central Virginia)

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