Modern Richmond Board
Chris is owner and lead designer of Christian Snowden Design, an architectural design firm focusing on modern residential, spatial reinvention, renovations and additions in the state of Virginia. A Richmond native, Chris attended the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) for both undergraduate and graduate. After graduating in 2012, he worked in Richmond on a number of projects involving warehouse conversions to lofts/apartments, new construction urban apartment buildings, as well as the Angus Residence, a modern home just outside the city. The Angus Residence was featured on the 2018 Modern Richmond Tour. After completing this design, Chris decided to start his own design firm focusing on a modern residential design. Chris has designed many residences within the Richmond Area, including 4 N Robinson and the Haymes Residence, which were both featured on the Modern Richmond Tour. He is also a midcentury modern furniture enthusiast and lives in a 1910 Byrd Park laundromat turned residence he designed for himself around his midcentury collection.
Maggie is the owner of Chestnut Knoll Studio, providing full-service architecture and design for modern residential projects. She grew up in the Virginia Piedmont with a love of nature, the landscape’s textures, and the vernacular forms of the region. Maggie has been in Richmond since 2008 and previously worked at SMBW and 3north. She has been a champion for the evolution of the architecture profession through her roles in various industry organizations. Maggie graduated from AIAVA’s Emerging Leaders in Architecture program, served on the Board of Directors for both AIARVA and AIAVA, and was chair of AIAVA’s inaugural Art of Practice Conference. Maggie also served as the regional representative for Virginia and West Virginia at the national Small Firm Exchange. Outside of all things modern, Maggie is a Virginia Tech alum, a certified yoga teacher, is active in the volleyball program at RVC, and enjoys exploring the outdoors with her family.
Helen Reed is an award-winning Interior Designer, Consultant, Creative Coach and Artist. Her firm, Helen Reed LLC, provides full service interior design, branding, procurement and consulting for Restaurants, Hotels, Spas, Healthcare and Retail projects. At the end of 2020 she launched BeCr8tive, where she coaches individuals to find their creative calling. In 2013, she Co-Founded Uplined.com, a technology company that provides cloud storage for both residential and commercial properties. Helen served on the Executive Committee of NEWH, Inc. from 2006-2017. Currently she serves as the NEWH, Inc. VP of Communications. In 2021, Helen became Chair of Modern Richmond in addition to being the Marketing Director. In 2019, Helen led the Modern Richmond Book Committee with the design and publication of their first Book celebrating their 10-year anniversary and featuring over 50 properties that had been toured during that time.
Andy has over 25 years of experience in architecture and interior projects. His work has focused on rebuilding inner cities and their neighborhoods, the strengthening and preservation of the urban landscape, and custom single family, multi-family and mixed-use design. Andy joined Johannas DesignGroup (JDG) as a founding member of the Design Team in 2000. Andy studied Architecture at Syracuse University including eight months in Florence, Italy investigating the relationship of new structures in ancient places. He has worked in architectural offices in Rochester, New York, London, England and Richmond, Virginia. He, his wife, daughter and son reside in the Museum District where Andy has volunteered his expertise for several years.
Jay is delighted to be a part of Modern Richmond and contribute to the community of enthusiasts. Drawn to all things modernist, he started college with the intent of studying architecture but detoured into business and soon found himself fiddling with computers, networks, and eventually user-experience systems. He is currently a Lead Business Consultant at Perficient Inc, a global digital consultancy. In addition to an appreciation of Modernism in all its forms, Jay's interests include photography, wine, design, cycling, travel, Scrabble, and world cuisines.
Chris Friday started out as a Modern Richmond attendee and loves all things modern. From time to time he would assist with taking photos. He has a background in Information Technology and on the side does both digital and drone photography and videos. Along with Chris’s computers and camera background, he also served in the PA Air National guard as a MQ-9 (drone) Sensor Operator and now works for Markel Insurance as an Infrastructure Engineer.
Chris’s hobbies are not only photography but working on cars. You’ll find him taking photos, and working on them. His favorite place in the house is the garage so you might see a modern garage one day!
Trey is the owner of DesignSphere (established in 2018), a design consulting company that specializes in Modern architectural design for single-family residential, small-scale commercial, and retail projects. DesignSphere provides a range of services from early stage conceptual design to complete construction documents and full permit plans.
Trey also owns RenderSphere (established in 2011), an architectural visualization company that works closely with designers, building owners, and project stakeholders to illustrate building designs, often before construction begins. RenderSphere provides high quality 3D modeling, rendering, and other visualization services as an integrated part of the design process.
A Richmond native originally, Trey grew up on the South Side (in Midlothian) and then ventured down to NC State's School of Design (Go Pack!), where he developed a deep appreciation for all things modern, especially modern architecture and furniture. Prior to founding RenderSphere, Trey practiced Architecture in Charlotte and Raleigh North Carolina, then returned to Richmond, settling down in the Fan District. With 26 years combined experience in both the design industry and the digital graphic arts, Trey enjoys helping his clients realize their “complete design vision” whether those designs were generated by himself or others.