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As the sun set behind Campbell Hall on Friday, September 20, 2019, alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of the School of Architecture gathered on the terrace to celebrate the school’s hundredth year.
During a series of events hosted by the school throughout the day, Dean and Edward Elson Professor of the School of Architecture Ila Berman and members of the Dean’s Advisory Board presented the school’s Distinguished Alumni Award to Reuben Rainey (Arch ’78), professor emeritus. Berman also announced receiving the largest gift in the school’s history, an anonymous bequest of $20 million that will primarily benefit the school’s Department of Architectural History.
Once realized, the bequest will create three endowed funds to support an international travel program, two professorships in architectural history—one with a focus on European studies and another centered on Asian studies—and fellowships for Ph.D. and graduate students
“We are sincerely grateful for this tremendous gift to the Architecture School and the incredible generosity, kindness and thoughtfulness of the donors,” Berman said. “Their bequest will ensure we continue building on the school’s legacy of scholarship and teaching, as well as enabling students to expand their intellectual horizons. This gift will be truly transformational in advancing our mission to deepen our pursuit of knowledge and inspire students to create a more just, courageous and compelling future for all.”
The terrace reception was part of two days of events to mark the Architecture School’s centennial. Faculty, former faculty, and distinguished alumni presented panels around themes of pedagogy, social impact, urbanism, and design innovation.
Jody Lahendro (Arch ’82), the University’s supervisory historic preservation architect, and Brian Hogg (Col ’83), UVA’s senior historic preservation planner, gave a behind-the-scenes tour of the Rotunda restoration. Alice Raucher, University architect, and Mary Hughes (Arch ’87), University landscape architect, presented “GroundsWork: Building on the Past, Planning for the Future,” sharing an overview of building projects across Grounds. Louis Nelson, vice provost for outreach and professor of architectural history, led a tour of UVA’s Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, scheduled for unveiling in the spring of 2020, accompanied by a talk titled, “The Architecture of Democracy in a Landscape of Slavery.” Several longtime faculty members opened their homes to returning alumni for informal tours, book signings, and conversations.
The celebration concluded with a gala dinner on the Lawn, where guests shared a toast to the school’s 100-year legacy and marked the first step into the school’s next century with the launch of the NEXT100 campaign, which aims to expand the school’s impact in support of its mission to make a difference in the world through design.
