Baskervill is proud to announce that the Shockoe Project has been honored with a 2025 Charter Award – Merit in the Block, Street, and Building category by the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU).
Widely regarded as one of the nation’s most influential organizations in urban planning and design, CNU advocates for walkable, equitable, and environmentally sustainable communities. Their annual Charter Awards celebrate projects that promote human-scale development, reinvestment in existing communities, and social equity.
Civic space designed to reveal a dark history
Now in its 24th year, the Charter Awards program is highly competitive, judged by a jury of nationally recognized architects and planners. Awards are granted not solely on aesthetics, but on how projects function at multiple scales and engage the public in meaningful ways.
This is not Baskervill’s first recognition by CNU. In 2022, the firm received a Charter Award for Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved at William & Mary, a project that similarly explores the intersection of memory, identity, and public space.