On September 7, 2005 a group of twenty-four faculty members from the University of Virginia, School of Architecture sent an open letter to the University Board of Visitors, the University Administration and the University Community that raised questions about the future of Jeffersonian architectural ideals on the University Grounds. This letter was also released as a full-page advertisement in the Cavalier Daily. The themes in the letter were developed through a series of conversations between concerned faculty during the summer of 2005. It outlines the growing and fundamental break between what is valued and taught in the School of Architecture and how architectural themes are treated on Grounds. Some have reacted to this letter by suggesting that it is simply a disagreement about style. This web site is intended to share the open letter, additional texts related to its varied themes, and responses from students, alumni and professionals. It is intended to initiate a long overdue dialogue regarding a place that we value: the Grounds of the University of Virginia.

Julie Bargmann, Associate Professor and Director of Landscape Architecture
Craig Barton, Associate Professor of Architecture
Timothy Beatley, Teresa Heinz Professor Of Sustainable Communities
Malcolm Bell, Professor of Art History
Daniel Bluestone, Director of the Historic Preservation Program
Warren Boeschenstein, Professor of Architecture
Anselmo Canfora, Assistant Professor of Architecture
WG Clark, Edmund Schureman Campbell Professor of Architecture and Past Chair
Maurice Cox, Associate Professor of Architecture
Phoebe Crisman, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Nicholas de Monchaux, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Robin Dripps, T. David Fitz-Gibbon Professor of Architecture and Past Chair
Daniel Ehnbom, Associate Professor of Art History
Christopher Fannin, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
Lucia Phinney, Distinguished Lecturer, School of Architecture
Edward Ford, Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor of Architecture
Douglas Fordham, Assistant Professor of Art
Nataly Gattegno, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Jason Johnson, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Judith Kinnard, Associate Professor of Architecture and Past Chair
Jenny Lovell, Assistant Professor of Architecture
John Quale, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Megan Marlatt, Professor of Studio Art
Elizabeth K. Meyer, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Past Chair
William Morrish, Elwood R. Quesada Professor of Architecture
Azadeh Rashidi, Lecturer in Architecture
Lisa Reilly, Associate Professor of Architectural History and Past Chair
David Rifkind, Lecturer in Architectural History
Marion E. Roberts, Professor of Art History
Elizabeth Roettger, Lecturer in Architecture
Elissa Rosenberg, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Past Chair
Kenneth Schwartz, Professor of Architecture and Past Chair
Howard Singerman, Associate Professor of Art History
Peter Waldman, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Architecture and Past Chair
William Williams, Associate Professor of Architecture
Dorothy Wong, Associate Professor of East Asian Art