ARCHITECT AND FUND-RAISING CHAIR NAMED FOR
 ENVIRONMENTALLY INNOVATIVE U.VA.
ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL PROJECT

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 14 -- The University of Virginia
has selected award winning architect Steven Holl of New York to
design a proposed major addition and renovation intended to turn the
School of Architecture's Campbell Hall into a national
demonstration-model of an "environmentally sustainable" building
that operates in close harmony with nature.
	Architecture dean William McDonough also announced that Ray
Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer of Interface Inc., an
environmentally conscious Atlanta-based firm, will head a
fund-raising committee for the project, which is part of the
University's $750 million capital campaign.
	A main aim of the Campbell Hall project, besides to provide
much-needed classroom, studio and research space, is to showcase a
building of the highest quality design that minimizes use of toxic
or non-renewable materials and maximizes natural energy sources
enough to become a "net energy exporter."  It would use solar and
other emerging technologies 
	In selecting Holl, "We want to inspire those who care about
both fine architecture and the future of the environment," said
McDonough, who is a leading advocate of environmentally sensitive
building.
	Holl's work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art
in the New York and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis as well as
internationally.  His most recent honors include a 1993 National
American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Excellence in
Design and a 1992 New York City AIA honor award.
	In 1993 his firm, Steven Holl Architects, was awarded the
winning design in the competition for a new Museum of Contemporary
Art in Helsinki, Finland. The firm has also won awards for its
design of a University of Minnesota College of Architecture
addition.  The firm proposes to work closely with students and
faculty in its U.Va. design and has a strong reputation for having
done so on other university projects.	
	Anderson's firm, Interface, recently gave $50,000 to the
architecture school to be used to promote environmentally
sustainable design, or design that keeps the environment healthy for
future generations. Interface is an international manufacturer of
interiors products, wallcoverings and floorcoverings known for its
commitment to preserving natural resources.
	The School of Architecture intends for its project to
illustrate the continued vitality underlying U.Va. founder Thomas
Jefferson's belief "that architecture has the power to embody a new
vision for society," McDonough said.
	The project will involve an 11,000 square-foot addition to
the existing Campbell Hall building as well as the planning for
future expansion.  Faculty and students of the architecture school
will work with Holl's firm to undertake a thorough analysis about
energy use, lighting and materials.
	Among specific aims of the project are to build with what
McDonough calls "ecologically intelligent" materials; to use
emerging technologies in such areas as materials composting and
recycling; to monitor energy use and to minimize its waste, and
especially to demonstrate the potential for solar energy technology.
	The architecture school has already received a $150,000
pledged gift from the class of 1995 for photovoltaic solar-energy
cells to go atop the proposed addition, as well as an additional
pledge of $200,000 from University alumnus Henry Javor of
Gordonsville for fellowships and research in sustainable design.
Power generated from the cells would be used for energy in the new
addition, and combined with effective use of natural light and
efficient lamps, could reduce commercial energy consumption enough
so that power could be supplied to the rest of the building,
McDonough said.
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November 13, 1995
	For interviews or additional information William McDonough
may be reached at (804) 924 7019 or 924-3715.