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 […]

Orchard Glen Self Storage will be a new storage facility in the Orchard Glen Apartment community located in Manassas. The design and simplicity of the building modules is cost-effective and appealing. It features linear movements, reduction of trim and windows, and a selection of building facade materials that are modern and easy to maintain.  

This is a yoga studio located in Haymarket with natural materials, warm colors, and an organic design and feel.  It will be constructed in two phases and offer a large yoga studio, steam and sauna rooms, a juice bar that will be open to the public, and a casual seating area.  Around the building will be places of self-reflection, meditation, and intimate walking paths.  LPA has a great experience with the owners of this project and looks forward to the grand opening in late 2021.

This project is a pre-engineered building (PEMB) with classic architecture applied to it.  This building will be used for tractor-trailer maintenance. PEMB’s rigid steel buildings with an opportunity to apply architectural design to an otherwise plain façade.

We are working with Radley Acura in the development of a parking structure over the existing service building.  This creates quite a design solution not only in what the county wants it to look like but also where the columns penetrate the service building functions.  We think these are “fun” problems to solve at LPA.  

  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.  

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