Posts tagged Building Of The Week
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Take a look at the exceptionally designed Kreeger Museum
Nestled among the spacious homes of Foxhall Crescent is the Kreeger Museum. This hidden gem’s genre-defying architecture is as unique as its art collection. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Wheat Row
This week’s Building of the Week is Wheat Row – a Southwest DC series of row houses that are the oldest structures of this type in the District. Southwest Washington DC is dominated by the legacy of mid-20th Century urban renewal projects and new developments such as the Wharf. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Terminal A at National Airport
Cesar Pelli-designed Terminal B/C at Ronald Reagan National Airport gets a lot of acclaim, but don't miss Terminal A, which offers passengers a 1960s jet-age modernist backdrop to their flights. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Washington Union Station
At its peak, nearly 200,000 people traveled through Union Station daily. Then it was so ill-used that railroad executives considered razing it. Here's everything you wanted to know about the storied history of Union Station. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Kreeger Museum
Nestled among the spacious homes of Foxhall Crescent is the Kreeger Museum. This hidden gem is worth visiting for its genre-defying architecture as much as its art collection. That’s why it’s our Building of the Week. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Dulles International Airport
Although Dulles Airport may seem somewhat mundane to Greater Washington residents, its main terminal is an iconic example of mid-century architecture in civil design. It was the first airport in the United States designed for commercial jet use, revolutionizing air travel. 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: Calvary Baptist Church
The name Adolf Cluss may not ring a bell for you, but you probably know his work: he designed Eastern Market and Smithsonian’s Art and Industries Building. One of his lesser-known red brick creations, typical of late 19th century architecture in the region, is the Calvary Baptist Church in Chinatown. 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…