The 2024 submission period is closed.About Us Since 2019, brwarchitects has proudly hosted the Erwin-Ramsey Fellowship for graduate students and graduating fourth-year Architectural students. Our aim is to deepen architectural contributions to Charlottesville, where...
We are thrilled to introduce the 2023 Erwin Ramsey Fellow, Jo Blount! Jo was raised in Charlottesville and has been involved in organizing efforts focusing on tenants' associations, anti-gentrification, and community-led...
brwarchitects hosts the Erwin Ramsey Summer Fellowship program for graduate and fourth year undergraduate students in the School of Architecture. The Fellowship is a partnership between the resources at brwarchitects, the energy and creativity of the selected Fellow, and the needs and circumstances in our community. One Fellowship is awarded per year.
Our 2022 Erwin-Ramsey Fellow was interested in creating spaces where young people feel a sense of belonging and pride. Brandon Eley (UVA ’22) came to the Fellowship with a plethora of experience working with young people for The Gates Scholarship, Young Leaders Summit, Collegiate 100, and Project Pipeline. These experiences and others developed a passion in him for using what he learned in his design education to serve young people.
brwarchitects is now welcoming applications for the 2022 Erwin-Ramsey Fellowship. This Fellowship is open to graduate students and fourth year undergraduate students in the School of Architecture. For the first time, we are offering the opportunity to schedule a four-week Fellowship to focus on more a more robust project.
Our 2021 Erwin-Ramsey Fellow was interested in space, people, and power. Gabriel Andrade came to the Fellowship already with experience in helping everyday people become more engaged and empowered in the shared spaces we occupy everyday.
Naturally, the Fellowship needed to culminate in an experience rather than a presentation. Guests, students, and BRW staff participated in a walking tour throughout the Mall to practice intervening and shaping the space around us.
brwarchitects hosts a Summer Fellowship for graduate students, fourth-year and rising fourth-year undergraduate students in the School of Architecture. Named after the brwarchitects Principals’ hometowns, this fellowship aims to deepen architectural contributions to the town where the firm has worked for over 35 years.
Due to changing conditions regarding COVID-19, the 2021 Fellowship is expected to take place in late Summer 2021 and will be predominently in-person with safe social distancing and all necessary precautions.
Our 2020 Erwin-Ramsey Fellow, Taha Suhrawardy, concludes his program with a capstone presentation. Building on the work that brwarchitects does with public housing residents in Charlottesville, Taha explored the critical role that food security plays in resident-led redevelopment.
This three-week program will focus on a specific integrative project that contributes to Charlottesville’s affordable housing goals and will be based on the program’s curriculum as well as the ingenuity and interests of the fellow. During the program, the fellow will build relationships with residents, clients, and decision-makers in the Charlottesville housing market, while gaining a higher level of professional experience than entry-level and internship positions.