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World War I Memorial at Pershing Park: This Modernist park plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue NW includes both the General Pershing Memorial and the World War I Memorial.
Pershing Park, which sits in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 14th and 15th streets, is a Modernist park plaza designed by landscape architect M. Paul Friedberg and constructed in 1980 to…
Euram Building: Since its construction in the early 1970s, this office building has received widespread praise for its innovative design.
The Euram Building, completed in 1971, is a Modernist office building designed by George Hartman and Warren Cox of the major Washington firm of Hartman-Cox Architects. Since its construction by the…
Federal Office Buildings 10A and 10B: These two office buildings, completed in 1963, are also known as the Wilbur and Orville Wright Federal Buildings.
Located at the intersection of Independence Avenue and 7th Street SW, immediately south of the National Mall, these two rectangular office buildings, Federal Office Buildings (FOBs) 10A and 10B, were…
Hubert H. Humphrey Building: This federal office building, the headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services, is a notable Brutalist design by a major architect, Marcel Breuer.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Building exemplifies Brustalist architecture, which first developed in the 1950s, and is also a significant work by a major architect, Marcel Breuer. Brutalism is known for its…
The Seven Buildings (1796 - 1960s): This block of Federal style buildings has largely been demolished and now houses, along with a modern addition, the Embassy of Mexico.
The remnants of this row of Federal style buildings date back to the 1790s. The Seven Buildings, which sit just northwest of the White House along Pennsylvania Avenue, figure extensively into the…
Dumbarton Oaks: The house's owners transformed the site into a premier research facility.
Purchased in 1920 by Mildred Barnes Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks has expanded and transformed over time from a private home to a key research center within Washington, DC. The house…
Buchanan School Plaza (Peter Bug Shoe Academy): The playground gave children more freedom to play how they wanted without risking their safety.
While the Buchanan School Plaza in the Capitol Hill neighborhood has shrunk greatly since its construction, the original playground and park facilities built in 1968 represented major changes in…
National Geographic Society Headquarters: This building complex has a varied and unique history that is intertwined with that of the renowned National Geographic Society.
Founded in 1888 by a group of high-level scholars, scientists, and adventurers, the National Geographic Society (NGS) has become a well-recognized scholastic and journalistic source for stories, maps,…
5922 13th Street NW (Valencia Apartments): This apartment building in D.C.’s Brightwood neighborhood is reflective of residential construction patterns that became popular following World War I.
Designed by local D.C. architect Joseph G. Herbert, the Valencia Apartments are representative of interwar urban development in the 1930s. The conventional, low-rise apartment building stands at three…
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: This 1970s era office building sparked controversy after its builders demolished historic spaces on G Street. It now stands as a modern landmark.
In March of 1974, wreckers were sent to the site of the future Federal Home Loan Bank Board Building to clear space for a new government structure. Despite hopes to add multiple buildings in the…