Posts tagged Cat:architecture
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How DC’s central and outer neighborhoods differ, in 3 maps
Some of DC’s residential neighborhoods feel a lot more like a city than others— just compare Capitol Hill’s small row houses and the mid-century homes in upper Forest Hills, for example. These maps show the big divide between DC’s inner and outer sections when it comes to house type, year built, and lot size. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Terminal B/C at National airport
Ronald Reagan Washington National airport turned 75 years old this month, having served the region since president Franklin Delano Roosevelt welcomed the first American Airlines DC-3 in 1941. Today, terminal B/C, which opened in 1997, is the focal point of the airport and an instantly recognizable part of the region’s architectural heritage. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Smithsonian American Art Museum and Kogod Courtyard
The exterior of the Smithsonian American Art Museum embodies cornerstones of DC architecture: Greek Revival, historic, and massive. Cynics might even call it forgettable and ubiquitous. The building’s history, along with a new interior courtyard, defy those labels, helping it live up to Walt Whitman’s claim that this is the “noblest of Washington buildings.”… Keep reading…
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A future football stadium may have a moat. Is that a symbol of a sustainable future or an exclusionary past?
We don’t know where a stadium for Washington’s football team will go, but now there’s a design. Bjarke Ingels Group, the architects engaged by Dan Snyder to design a stadium, showed a rendering to 60 Minutes, and it includes a moat. We asked our contributors what they think. Keep reading…
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Here are some ideas for designing NoMa’s new park
The NoMa Parks Foundation just bought two acres on the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) for a new large park. There are great examples of how to use the space all over DC and beyond. Keep reading…
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An NFL stadium in DC could be suitably urban, but it probably wouldn’t be
Rumors are swirling once more that the Washington NFL team could be moving from its stadium in Landover, possibly to the District. A new stadium in DC is almost certainly a bad idea, though it’s possible — just very unlikely — it could actually have positive effects. Keep reading…
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Forget the Washington Monument; DC’s tallest tower is actually in Ward 4
Most people consider the 555-foot-tall Washington Monument to be DC’s tallest tower. It’s certainly the city’s most iconic. But it’s not the tallest. That distinction belongs to the 761-foot Hughes Tower. Keep reading…
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Tetris on the side of a skyscraper? Why not, it’s the future
What does it look like when one of Philadelphia’s most prominent skyscrapers becomes a giant Tetris game board? It looks awesome, that’s what. Keep reading…
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How much will the Eisenhower memorial cost?
How much would Frank Gehry’s design for the Eisenhower Memorial cost? A lot, but not more than other similar memorials if you adjust for the rising cost of construction. At the recent National Capital Planning Commission meeting, the memorial’s executive architect, Daniel Feil, stated that the hard costs, including parts and labor, of their design, include the… Keep reading…
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Is the National Mall the place for risk-taking architecture?
DC’s art community was chagrined to see the Hirshhorn cancel plans to build an inflatable “bubble” to house seasonal events. This is a good time to ask, “what now?” The bubble would have been a striking sculptural statement, but is that what the National Mall should be? Should the Mall be a singular urban space, defined by consistent neoclassical… Keep reading…