There are a few iconic local retailers in Charlottesville, and Amy Gardner’s store, Scarpa, is one of them. The...

If you’re the type of person who’d like to drop five grand on a toilet, you are living in the right age indeed....

Previously in this column, we’ve explored a graduate student’s perspective on architecture’s trajectory—one that...

When Noah Bradley was 15, his insurance agent father announced that the two of them would spend their summer building...

This month’s Abode takes a peek inside a Lewis and Clark Building condo, a closer look at Montpelier’s Claude Moore...

When Bonnie Bond bought her condo in the Lewis and Clark Building downtown in 2012, she faced an unusual situation....

Deck the garden with half a dozen stars to ornament the darkest days of winter. In the pared-down landscape between...

In urban design, decisions about road lanes, sidewalk widths and shade trees affect the rhythm of use in outdoor...

Practice makes perfect. It’s an adage for a reason—the more you do something, the more comfortable with it and adept...

Heated floors are less popular than they used to be, according to local builders, but that doesn’t mean they don’t...