When two scientists from the National Institutes of Health, Roxanne Fischer and Donald Orlic, went looking for architects to build them a house with a Modern aesthetic on their 24-acre property on the north fork of the Shenandoah River, they were led to Berryville, Virginia-based Carter Burton Architects.
Project Specs Shenandoah Retreat Warren County, Virginia Carter + Burton Architecture << Return to article the People Architect Carter + Burton Architecture P.L.C. 11 West Main Street Berryville, Virginia 22611 www.carterburton.com Page Carter Design Principal Jim Burton A.I.A. Project Architect Will Harrison, Design Team Ted Singer, Design Team Interior designer: Michelle Timberlake, CID of Carter + Burton Architecture Exterior Sculpture: Richard Lew 540-662-7580 Art Installations: Jonathanfeldschuh www.jonathanfeldschuh.com Engineer(s): Painter Lewis Engineering Winchester, Virginia Landscape Design: Frank McDonald of Riverhill / Halbea Nursery Stephen’s City, Virginia Custom concrete spa: design / build by Jeff Densic General contractor: Owner with assistance from
This building, originally an unassuming, three-story warehouse, was part of a thriving tobacco industry that socially and economically defined the South Boston, Virginia, community in the early 20th century.
The more successful buildings by Rafael Viñoly, FAIA, display distinct athletic gestures—from the smoothly arcing roof of the 1994 Lehman College Physical Education Facility in New York to the exuberant, glass-barrel-vaulted roof of the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts in Philadelphia.
