Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Hollins University

Location: Roanoke, Va.
Architect: Meyers, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd.
Owner: Hollins University
Size: 60,000 SF

The Wetherill Visual Arts Center and Eleanor D. Wilson Museum is the first major visual arts center west of Richmond and is home to the University’s studio art, art history, film, and photography programs.  The addition and renovation to this existing cast-in-place building included a 130-seat auditorium, state-of-the-art technology classrooms, studio spaces for various artistic mediums, photography labs, individual study rooms and studio space, as well as administrative and faculty offices.  Highly technical lighting, electrical, and HVAC systems were installed throughout the building.  Specialty features included auditorium chairs—which needed to be purchased, shipped, and returned from Italy for fabric coverings—and exterior cementitious panels with exposed fasteners from Switzerland.

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