The University of Virginia is regarded as "the proudest achievement of American architecture in the past 200 years" by the American Institute of ശിൽപ്പികൾ – and for good reason. The buildings were conceptualised by founding father തോമസ് ജെഫേഴ്സൺ. The Jeffersonian style of architecture is characterised by the use of octagonal രൂപങ്ങൾ, ചുവന്ന-ഇഷ്ടിക നിർമ്മാണ വൈറ്റ് columns. One of the best examples of this style is the ടം at the University of Virginia.