I can’t believe I’ve never noticed this before. Maybe I have and just forgot. The beauty of terrible short-term memory… This building is from the 1600 block of K Street, NW.
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Architecture
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Obviously the building above still has a ways to go before it is finished but I thought is was wild how large the expansion is. You can see the size of the original building in blue. Hard to predict at the moment but do you think this large an expansion/Pop up and out is gonna work? It is located on 11th Street, NW just south of Florida Ave.
And a couple blocks further south on 11th you’ll find this building that we’ve been tracking. Honestly, I keep changing my mind on this one, sometimes I dig it sometimes not so much. It is interesting to note how this section of 11th some surrounding streets have attracted so many modern designs.
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Anyone recognize what block this is? Free PoP t-shirt to first one who recognizes it.
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There are a couple of blocks in South East, not too far from Eastern Market, that has a wild new development. A friend of mine said that she believes it is a mixed income development.
Does anyone know the story behind these homes? The pictures don’t do them great justice, but I thought it looked awesome.
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We’ve judged the restaurant founding farmers located at 1924 Pennsylvania Ave, NW but the building itself (IMF HQ) is worth judging. People, including myself, have pretty strong opinions about many new glass buildings. I think this one looks pretty sweet. What do you think – thumbs up or down?
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Clearly this was built in the last few years. It looks like it could be a new condo. Not too bad for a dorm, yeah? It’s South Hall located at 2135 F Street, NW. Thumbs up or down?
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The Pan American Health Organization building is located at 525 Twenty-third Street, NW. I’m loving this one. You?
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I thought these were two cool examples from GW University. Above is from the Marvin Center:
I think the glass part looks fantastic and actually blends a bit with the concrete part. What do you guys think?
And not too far away is a pretty seemless brick extension:
The front part of the brick building above houses the GW Tonic.
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The new United States Institute of Peace building is located at Constitution Avenue and 23rd Street, NW. You can learn more about the architect and building here. I happened to have passed this weekend and was blown away because I hadn’t been in that area in ages. What do you think of the design of the building?
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The great one above is located, of course, in the Forest Hills neighborhood. And a reader writes in about the Petworth Bungalow below:
“Thought you might be interested in this renovation that is going on! Since moving into the 300 block of Rock Creek Church Road, we learned that this single family, detached bugalow has been empty for a while and has been the ugly one on the block. Rumor has it that it was to be a boarding house for troubled girls, but the organizer ran out of funds. It has since been picked up by “We Buy Ugly Houses.” I spoke with the manager of their DC properties and he said it would be a beauty! Originally, the owners talked about demo-ing and trying to build a monster house. They decided against it as it was already quite sizable and they were ablet o avoid major changes to the permits (apparently, when they bought the place it came with approved plans!) Once done, it will be a 5 bedroom, 4.5 house with finished space over 3500 square feet! It was painted last week and is looking quite nice with new windows, a new roof and a new porch. This will be one to keep an eye on for a pulse on prices in the neighborhood!”