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Washington DC Architecture News Architecture News arranged chronologically: Smithsonian Institution Master Plan Design: BIG photo from architects Smithsonian Institution Master Plan - 13 Mar 2013 BIG leading a Core Design Team including Surface Design, Traceries and Robert Silman Associates, further supported by Atelier Ten, GHT Limited, Wiles Mensch, Weidlinger Associates, VJ Associates, Protection Engineering Group and FDS Design Studio is today officially announced as the winning team to rethink the historic Smithsonian campus, world’s largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. 1730 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, USA Krueck & Sexton photo © Anice Hoachlander 1730 Pennsylvania Avenue - 3 Dec 2012 This building renovation integrated performance, design excellence and execution to repair the failing façade of a high-profile building only steps away from the White House. Washington Union Station building redevelopment into Iconic Transportation Hub HOK image courtesy of Amtrak Washington Union Station Building - 15 Aug 2012 Amtrak recently released a master plan, developed with HOK and Parsons Brinckerhoff, to revitalize Washington Union Station. The plan envisions a vibrant intermodal center with increased capacity and renewed commercial activity. It was developed in collaboration with developer Akridge and several regional transportation agencies. Designed by Daniel Burnham, Union Station opened in 1907 as one of the world's preeminent passenger rail facilities. A national landmark, the station provides the first impression of the city for many visitors and is one of the country's busiest multimodal transportation hubs. Washington DC Building - Recent Designs National Mall Design Competition for Union Square Davis Brody Bond / Gustafson Guthrie Nichol image Courtesy of GGN, © Methanoia Union Square National Mall Washington DC - 5 May 2012 Seattle-based landscape architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol and New York-based architects Davis Brody Bond are selected as winners of the National Mall Design Competition for Union Square. The design competition, organized by the Trust for the National Mall, was a three-stage process through which a jury of eight esteemed professionals selected a design team for each of the three re-design sites of the National Mall. National Mall Design Competition National Mall Design Competition : Shortlisted architects + designers - Dec 2011 Ten design teams have come another step closer to redesigning a portion of the National Mall. The National Mall Design Contest announced the finalists of stage two. Each team, made up of architecture and landscape architecture firms, advance to the next level, during which they will design their concepts for one of three areas on the Mall. The spots up for renovation are: Union Square, the area just south of the Capitol that includes the Reflecting Pool and the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial; the Sylvan Theater at the Washington Monument and Constitution Gardens, between the Vietnam Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial. Washington Convention Center, CityCenter DC Foster + Partners image : Foster + Partners Washington Convention Center Washington DC Architecture We've selected what we feel are the key examples of Washington DC Buildings, USA. We aim to include projects that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both. We cover completed Washington DC buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across the state. The focus is on contemporary buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome. Major Washington DC Building Designs, alphabetical: 1100 and 1150 First Street Krueck & Sexton with Gensler photo : Krueck+Sexton 1100 First Street office building Eisenhower Memorial Design Frank Gehry, architect image from architects Eisenhower Memorial Embassy of The Czech Republic Your Building Here image from architect Czech Republic Embassy National Museum of African American History and Culture Freelon Adjaye Bond Smith Group image courtesy Freelon Adjaye Bond Smith Group National Museum of African American History and Culture : Designs Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington DC Polshek Partnership with Ralph Appelbaum Associates picture : Eric Taylor © EricTaylorPhoto.com Newseum Washington DC Smithsonian Museum Redevelopment - Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard Foster + Partners photo : Nigel Young / Foster + Partners Smithsonian Institute Swiss Embassy, Washington DC Steven Holl Architects photo © Andy Ryans from Steven Holl Architects Washington DC building United States Capitol, Capitol Hill Architects: Thornton; Hallet; Latrobe; Bulfinch Model by Timothy Richards, Bath, England The Capitol Washington DC U.S. Capitol Visitor Center RTKL photo © Maxwell MacKenzie U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Washington DC Architecture Designs - No Links British Embassy - Edwin Lutyens Corcoran Gallery & School of Art - Gehry Partners German Embassy - Egon Eiermann Holocaust Museum - Ralph Applebaum House renovation, Eastern Market 2007 David Jameson Architect Inc Smithsonian Institution, Patent Office Building - Eric Owen Moss United States Institute of Peace Headquarters - Moshe Safdie Architects United States Supreme Court - Model by Timothy Richards, Bath, England US Institute of Peace, The Mall - Moshe Safdie More Washington DC Buildings nline soon

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