The Brookwood Designs

The Kirchman Studio's Own Neighborhood


Double Rainbow over the studio window.








In the studio, Mr. Kirchman sought to create an environment that was conducive to inspiration.

The Kirchman Studio Brookwood Designs are of note because they are projects in the vicinity of and including the studio space. In addition to renovations to the existing house for aging in place, Mr. Kirchman designed the studio, a residence next door and a shop/work-van garage in the form of a barn. The designs are of note because they attempt to honor the region's agricultural heritage and a very nice stone church by the firm of T. J. Collins, visible from the neighborhood. The residence draws from the simplicity of German stone architecture. The stonework itself is by mason: Lewis Wright.

The Patterson Residence







The Barn (Shop and Garage)







The Studio



















House in a House


Here the garage is converted into a small house within a house with its own discreet separate entrance. It also has its own kitchenette. The perfect solution for multi-generational living.

Barbour Colonnade







This was a planbook house built on the highest point in Brookwood. The builder turned the house so that the 'back' faced the road and the deck was sitting on skinny 4" x 4" posts. This is my design to add presence to the elevation facing the neighborhood.

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Residences in Albemarle County
Greenwood Residence


This was also developed as a house within a house concept to house the client's elderly mother.

Crozet Addition


Substantial space and a garage are added to a small house. The massing is hidden in the trees and invisible from the front of the original house.
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Staunton, Virginia Commercial Work
Enterprise Centre




Here an old strip shopping center was given a new parapet and a new trussed roof. The original flat roof was not salvageable so it was trussed over.

Law Offices from Gas Station


An old 'box' style gas station at the corner of Greenville Avenue and Richmond Road received a new facade and an office wing added to the rear.

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Creating Connection with History
A Sense of Place


Stonework on the facade creates a sense of connection...


...with the historic architecture of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church by the firm of T. J. Collins.

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PNOVS National Veteran's Center

Helping to Create a Vision for Veteran Services


Detail of the PNOVS Center Rendering.


Detail of the PNOVS Center Rendering shows a plaza where all branches of the US Military have their seals rendered in glass organ pipes. Pipe designs by Xaver Wilhelmy.


View of the entire plaza. Glass pipe design by Xaver Wilhelmy.

PNOVS National Veteran's Center

Helping to Create a Vision for Veteran Services


Depasquale Delph Gentilhomme Group Architects asked me to illustrate the new center for Premier Network of Veteran Services. Photo by E. Strong.

"Dear Bob,

I wanted to thank you again for the amazing job you did bringing PNOVS National Veteran’s Center to life. You have captured the spirit and intent of our vision beautifully. Thank you for your passion and great work!"


Depasquale Delph Gentilhomme Group, Illustration by Bob Kirchman.

Some projects just grab you. PNOVS [click to read] was one of those... an opportunity to put some substance to the gratitude we feel for our troops.

25 Years Serving the Design Profession

A New Look for the Website...

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Reinventing Jefferson's Village

Our Founding Father Envisioned a Nation of Villages


A village center created for Crozet...

Sprawling metropolis was probably not something our founders could imagine. They saw a nation made up of villages were agriculture and industry were more localized. Today the opportunity exists to convert some of our old strip malls into centers for villages. Here is one developed by one of my clients that I helped visualize.


...in the footprint of an old strip mall.


The final design as I painted it.

Virginia's Open for Business

The McDonnell Administration Will Soon Roll Out the Mat!


Concept for reuse of the old Martha Jefferson Hospital... Your new corporate headquarters?

It's time to get ready. Virginia will soon be promoting its pro-business atmosphere to the world. Here are some examples of concept development that I've done for reuse of existing properties that are opportunities waiting for people to come and fill. When you are ready to promote these opportunities Concept Development services give you an affordable way to give prospective clients the big picture.


Another view of revitalized Martha Jefferson complex.


A new look on Main Street!

Roads to Rails Exhibit

B&O Museum in Ellicott City


Our model in the Roads to Rails Exhibit.


Model with plexiglass case removed for clarity.


Model with plexiglass case removed for clarity.


Detail: Top to bottom; Castle Angelo, Patapsco Hotel and B&O Station.


Banner for 'Roads to Rails.'

Reconstructing Ellicott's Mills

Capturing the Feeling of 19th Century America


Photo montage of Ellicott City in 1972.


Sketch based on photos and 1854 lithograph.