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Blueprint of the front of the Rotunda, with blue and orange hues.
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Explore the 19th-Century Blueprints that Reimagined UVA’s Iconic Rotunda

Fire destroyed the Rotunda, the most iconic feature of the University of Virginia’s Grounds, in October 1895. University officials immediately pushed to rebuild. In 1896, after a false start with McDonald Brothers architects of Louisville, Kentucky, the Board of Visitors hired the prominent New York firm McKim, Mead & White to redesign the historic center of the University. Stanford White, the artistic force of the firm, took the lead in the Rotunda redesign.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/explore-19th-century-blueprints-reimagined-uvas-iconic-rotunda

A lounge in the Architecture school has cement floors, various tables and chairs, a modern glass wall, and tall windows to let in ample sunlight.
Architecture

What’s in a Name? For UVA’s Architecture School, It’s Ethics, Aesthetics and Relationships

The lobby at the north entrance of University of Virginia School of Architecture’s Campbell Hall, where faculty, staff and students often meet, now has a name. School officials will soon christen the space the Van Lengen Lobby to honor Karen Van Lengen, the William Kenan Professor of Architecture and the school’s dean from 1999 to 2009. Van Lengen is stepping down from the faculty after 26 years at the school to continue leading her design practice and focusing on her groundbreaking work in sound and architecture.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/whats-name-uvas-architecture-school-its-ethics-aesthetics-and-relationships

An illustration from the exhibition signage, featuring the constellations of Taurus and Orion.
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‘Seeing Stars’: Exhibition Explores Early Observatories at UVA

Many in the University of Virginia community have taken the short journey to the top of Observatory Hill to visit the Leander McCormick Observatory, which was dedicated in 1885 and is still in operation. But how many are aware that two smaller observatories were constructed at the University and demolished by the mid-19th century? A new exhibition in the First Floor Gallery of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library explores the history of these little-known buildings.

https://library.virginia.edu/news/2025/seeing-stars-exhibition-explores-early-observatories-uva?mtm_campaign=em&mtm_kwd=sub

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