Award of Merit in Residential Architecture from AIA Northern Virginia
“Crooked Bow Tie House” in Great Cacapon, West Virginia, 2020
This weekend house is perched on a sloped site at the top of a scenic ridge line. It overlooks the Great Cacapon River Valley near Berkeley, West Virginia. The facade is clad in a striking contrast of cedar and black vertical metal siding, both emphasizing the unique arrangement of angular forms and anchoring the house within the surrounding woods. Large windows frame the views, while wood finishes, raw steel, and a muted color palette throughout the modern interior help to further highlight the impressive exterior scenery.
Award of Merit in Institutional Architecture from AIA Northern Virginia
“Loudoun School for Advanced Studies” in Ashburn, Virginia, 2020
The design for an independent school advances the future of education by creating adaptable spaces for various group sizes. A central piazza provides a large collaborative space that connects flexible classrooms, small group work spaces, and individual study carrels. Additionally, a lab, makerspace, and outdoor work spaces expand the opportunities for diverse learning environments. An abundance of glazing on the south elevation harnesses passive solar gain, while connecting the school to the outdoors and to the historic African American schoolhouse on the site. The pattern of materials on this elevation reflects the scale of the schoolhouse and the classrooms within the new building.
Award of Merit in Historic Architecture from AIA Northern Virginia
“Rouss City Hall” in Winchester, Virginia, 2020
Constructed in 1900, Winchester’s Rouss City Hall is a stately Romanesque Revival-style masonry building. The civic building was built to house various government services, a courtroom, an ornate theater, and a Masonic Lodge. The design approach of the 2019 renovation was to simplify Rouss to “then” (1900) and “now” (2019) built forms: brick walls, arched openings, steel beams, wood joists, and a historic staircase were exposed while new construction was expressed in a distinctly modern manner to contrast with the original Romanesque building.

Kitten Herlong Award of Merit, Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (Staff intern architects Zac Ray, Joel Richardson, Kevin Walker, Nathan Webb), for “House for an Ecologist”, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 2006.

Recognition of Outstanding Achievement Award, Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, awarded individually to Beth Reader, AIA and Chuck Swartz, AIA, 2004.

Award of Merit for Conceptual / Unbuilt Architecture, Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, for The House in Dutton Gap, in Gerrardstown, West Virginia, 2003.

Merit Award, Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, for Yellow Spring House, Yellow Spring, West Virginia, Virginia, 1996.

Merit Award, Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, for Bluemont House and Pavilion, Bluemont, Virginia, 1995.

Merit Award, Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, for Deck and Pavilion at Lake St. Clair, Frederick County, Virginia, 1994.

Merit Award, Northern Virginia Chapter of the AIA Young Architects Forum, for the Bluemont House and Pavilion, Bluemont, Virginia, 1993.