The Computer Graphic Capitol

Overview

Richard Chenoweth is a nationally recognized architect, artist, designer and illustrator. In 2011, Chenoweth exhibited photography, sculpture, film and illustration, and published an article on this project in the journal Libellio d'Aegis at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris.

Architecture

Chenoweth designed a prototype steel and glass entrance canopy for the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority's Metro system (WMATA), winning a national design competition in 2001.

From 2002-2007, WMATA built twenty-eight (28) of the canopies throughout the DC metro region under the aegis of its Metro Canopy Program. Lourie & Chenoweth LLC was Architect of Record, Arup was the Engineer of Record, and Grunley Walsh was the builder.

Richard also specializes in residential architecture and particularly enjoys using formal languages that are both modern and historical. Architecture simply needs to fulfill programmatic needs, adhere to structural reality and create of uplifting, beautiful spaces for people to live and work in. This is a typological approach to architecture, not a stylistic one.

Drawing

In 2001, Richard won the Gabriel Prize for the study of French architecture. The Gabriel Prize, a national portfolio competition, funded a three month sabbatical to France. He stayed mostly in Paris, drawing 18th century buildings, especially ones that were known to have influenced Thomas Jefferson, or ones that Jefferson may have known. French architectural ideas appear in Monticello, the University of Virginia and the U.S. Capitol.

New Media

A lot of Chenoweth's current artistic subject matter relates to design and architecture and involves photography, sculpture, synthetic environments, film and video, and various digital media.