Burt Pinnock, FAIA, NOMA

B. 1964 in Tuskegee, Alabama

Burt Pinnock, FAIA, NOMA is a principal and chairman of the board at Baskervill, a 125-year-old design firm. Architecture is his personal contribution to the wellbeing and vitality of our communities. Over his 30+-year career Burt’s commitment and passion has created impactful work for neighborhoods, cultural institutions, and forward-thinking organizations, including William & Mary, Emory University, University of Richmond, the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Better Housing Coalition, and many more. A founder of the nonprofit Storefront for Community Design, Burt also currently serves on the City of Richmond Planning Commission, is a board member of the Legal Aid Justice Center, Historic Richmond Foundation, and Venture Richmond, amongst numerous other board and committee engagements.

He frequently speaks and writes on the impact of race, power, and societal norms on design, memorialization, and community, which includes lectures and panel discussions with the UCLA Costen Institute of Archaeology, The Society of Architectural Historians, The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond, The Urban Design Annual Conference, and the Congress for a New Urbanism.

 Burt is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architect, member of the National Organization of American Architects and the Virginia AIA 2022 William C. Noland Medalist. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and calls Richmond, Virginia home.

EDUCATION

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1992 | Bachelor of Architecture 

EXPERIENCE

BASKERVILL, Principal
, Chairman of the Board
Richmond, Virginia
2013 – present

STOCKTON CLAY, Owner, Design Director
Richmond, Virginia
2010 – 2016

BAM ARCHITECTS LLC, Founder and Principal

Richmond
, Virginia
1999 – 2013

BASKERVILL & SON, Intern Architect

Richmond
, Virginia
1992 – 1999

SANTIAGO CALATRAVA, Intern Architect

Paris, France

1990

BERNEGGER QUAGILIA ARCHITETTI, Intern Architect
Lugano, Switzerland

1988 – 1990

IL LABORATORIA SNC, Intern Architect

Rome, Italy

1988


HARDY HOLZMAN PFEIFFER & ASSOCIATES, Intern Architect

New York, New York

1985 – 1986

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Field Worker

Oregon and Washington

1984 – 1985

SERVICE

City of Richmond
2022 - Current | Planning Commission

Legal Aid Justice Center
2019 - Current | Board of Directors

Richmond 300 City Comprehensive Plan
2018 - 2021 | Richmond, VA
Co-Chair on the Richmond 300 Advisory Council

Virginia LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation)
2017 - 2020 | Advisory Board

AIA North Carolina 2020 | Design and Honors Awards Jury Chair

AIA Delaware 2020 | Design and Honor Awards Jury

AIA Virginia
2016 | Honors Committee

AIA Blue Ridge
2016 | Design and Honor Awards Jury

Association of Community Design
2015 | Annual Conference Planning Committee

Commonwealth of Virginia
2014 - 2022 | Virginia Art and Architecture Review Board

Historic Richmond Foundation
2012 - Current | Board of Advisors

Storefront for Community Design
2011 - 2022 | Co-Founder / Board of Directors / Volunteer

Habitat for Humanity
2011 - 2012 | Construction Committee

AIA Richmond
2010 - 2012 | Director and Programs Committee

City of Richmond
2009 - 2022t | Board of Zoning Appeals

Venture Richmond
2008 - Current | Board of Directors

City of Richmond
2003 | Urban Design Committee

City of Richmond
2001 - 2004 | Commission of Architectural Review

General Services Administration
2001 | National Peer Review Program

Richmond Renaissance
2001 | Advisory Committee

1708 Gallery
2000 | Board of Directors

SPEAKING

2022 | Menokin Foundation
Lecture: “Building Architectural Community”

2021 | ASID Virginia
Lecture: “Pursuit of Design”

2021 | Modern Richmond
Panelist: “A Conversation with Burt Pinnock and Dave Johannas”

2021 | UCLA Costen Institute of Archaeology Panelist: “A conservator, architectural historian, and architect discuss the fate of confederate monuments”

2020 | The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design Panelist: “Architecture in Dialogue: “Placemaking and the Future of Richmond’s Monument Avenue”

2020 | Virginia Tech Series “For Whom By Whom” Lecturer: “Seeing and Being Seen”

2020 | Society of Architectural Historians Webinar Panelist: “Removal of Monuments from Public Spaces”

2019 | Valentine Museum Panelist: “Just Add Context”: Design, Art and Richmond’s Monuments

2018 | Bisnow DC Architecture Summit
Panelist: “The Future of DC Architecture”

2018 | Congress for the New Urbanism
Panelist: “Absolution”

2016 | Urban Design Conference
Speaker: “Bridging the Gap Between History & Possibility”

2015 | Urban Design Conference
Lecturer: “The Urban Renewal Plan that’s Capturing the Attention of an Oscar-Winner”

2015 | Storefront for Community Design
Panelist: “Richmond as a Work of Art”

2014 | Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, University of Richmond
Lecturer: “Living in the Moment: Learning from our Past, Preparing for our Future”

2006 | Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Communications
Lecturer: “Objects and Methods Series”

2005 | Architectural Exchange East
Lecturer: “Minority Report: Diversity in Architecture Today”

2004 | Urban Practice and Policy Forum, University of Richmond
Panelist: “Historic Preservation in 21st-Century Richmond: What Questions Should We Be Asking?”

2004 | National Organization of Minority Architects Convention
Lecturer: “The International Symposium”

2003 | Virginia Commonwealth University
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Interior Design

2002 | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Facilitator: “Rebuilding Historic Pocahontas Island”

AWARDS

College of Fellows
2019 | AIA National

Contextual Design Merit Award
2015 | AIA Virginia

Distinguished Service Award
2013 | AIA Virginia


City of Richmond Public Art Commission
2000 | Finalist, Main Street Station Plaza Competition (with Chris Chase & Camden Whitehead)

Young Architects Award
1994 | AIA Northern Virginia

Building Better Communities

1993 | Award of Merit, Manchester Redevelopment Plan, Richmond Virginia


National Peace Garden Competition

1989 | Selected Entry (with Frank Lorino)

Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition

1988 | Honorable Mention

Commendation, Society Prize
1987 | AIA Virginia