Two New Projects Coming Soon From Loveless Porter Architects Escape Day Spa Escape Day Spa is a full-service spa featuring top-notch spa technicians. Escape will be relocating to a new standalone 6400 SF building located on Hoadly Road in the Harris Teeter center in Manassas. This is a prominent location in the center and has sensitive requirements and proffers to maintain. The building will be larger than the current one and have four fronts, making design an important consideration. Like working in a glass bubble, having four fronts creates difficult design considerations for the incoming utilities, service and rain collection typically found on the rear façade. Completion date: Spring 2020 BrightCare Center BrightCare Center is a family-oriented social and medical-based child and adult day care program in Manassas, which combines on-site activities as well as weekly community outings to promote independence and foster engagement in the lives of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The new building will be about 12,000 SF and designed to facilitate various functions within its surroundings, both in the interior and exterior. The planned design is an open communal concept with smaller “pod” areas for more intimate interaction. The exterior is designed for a comfortable, homey feel, but with the size and scale of the needed square footage. Completion date: Fall 2020

The Northern Virginia Bioscience Center, a 30,000 square foot lab building will be located in Innovation Park, near a brewery, event venues, restaurants, and scenic walking trails. Located near the George Mason University SciTech Campus, this park’s tenants include ATCC, Corning Mediatech, and the Prince William Science Accelerator. Multiple spec plans available to accommodate tenants of all sizes, with labs starting at 980 square feet.   We are excited to be working on this project!

Nest Academy: LPA’s design of this new daycare located off Hastings Drive behind the Harris Teeter has whimsical details related to children’s books. This 12,000 SF daycare has masonry and hardi board exterior materials relating to the surrounding context including a clock tower and gym annex building. The interior carries the whimsical design throughout with wall colors and floor patterns. The project is set to break ground End of 2019.

  Here is a modern take on a self-storage unit.  We are identifying various masses with different materials and textures to “break down” the linear box of storage units.  

Multi-Use Project, Walker Road, Warrenton     This multi-use project design combines classical and modern proportions with a contemporary aesthetic and local materials. The red brick base matches the adjacent buildings and is paired with a light-colored mid-section with large, vertically-oriented openings, a simplified cornice with a hipped eave, minimized fascia and a wood soffit. To match the adjacent building, we designed slender vertical brick porticos to help break the massing, show entrances, offer privacy on balconies and emphasize a simple rhythm while making a strong modern statement. The balconies are enclosed with the warm, natural brick as well as a wood floor and ceiling. The railings are proposed to be near-invisible cable rails, slender aluminum posts and a wood handrail that has a natural, soft and warm tactile quality. The sidewall of the porticos could be carried inside to allow for an accent wall of interior brick on one side of the great room. The height of the porticos allow for transom windows above the sliding glass doors on the fourth floor and skylights may also be added for additional natural light and sky; a vaulted great room ceiling may be possible in these units as well. The occupied roof terraces are to be developed. An advantage of this design is the stacked residential units offer great simplicity and efficiency with continuous structural and wet walls. The retail space is proposed as a simple and continuous storefront glazing system offering wonderful natural light, great views, and optimized flexibility. Exterior […]

Mathis Avenue Self Storage building designed to minimize scale and height with lower masonry massing details and complementary color design.  

Here is another “In the Works” project in Culpeper.  “We are taking to lots across from each other to create buildings that act as a gateway down the main street. We are providing a community plaza, retail, apartments, and covered farmer’s market area.”