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Award - Merit Award

Project - Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center

Category - Institutional

Project Location - Charlottesville, VA

Architect - Ayers Saint Gross, Inc.

Owner/Developer - The Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Contractor - Barton Malow Company

Photographer(s) - Alan Karchmer, Architectural Photographer

Jury Comments - We admire the site plan and creation of courtyard and the way the visitor sequence cascades down the hill.  Very deferential to its context.  Crisp and fresh with familiar materials.  Overhangs and porches offer shelter and shade.