An attempt to create a neotraditional office/research park, this 532-acre site has been laid out by the nationally known firm that designed Seaside in Florida. The intention was a pedestrian-conscious grouping of buildings that harmonize in style, materials, and form and that imitate the downtowns of an earlier day. The project's renderings show tree-lined streets with awnings and shops on the ground floors of
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University of Virginia Research Park at North Fork
1996–present, Duany Plater-Zyberk, planners; Mitchell/Matthews, architects; Gregg Bleam, landscape architect. Lewis and Clark Dr. (U.S. 29, 1.2 miles north of VA 649)
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