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Capitol Park Plaza and Twins: Developed as part of the Southwest Development Plan, the Capitol Park Towers was an early high-rise apartment.
Capitol Park was the first and largest residential complex in the Southwest area, fashioned as a model planning project whose innovative combination of high-rise and low-rise buildings, arranged…
Harbour Square: Built between 1963 and 1966, the Harbour Square complex of apartments and townhouses was the fourth superblock completed in the Southwest Renewal Area.
The buildings stand tallest at the west end, where the complex opens in a U shape to maximize views of the river, and they drop to three stories near 4th Street where they embrace and incorporate…
Town Center East: Town Center East is a two-building apartment complex erected in 1960-1961 within I.M. Pei's larger Town Center Plaza superblock.
The twin nine-story Modernist buildings of Town Center East, designed by I.M. Pei, face each other across a landscaped yard. The complex is mirrored by Town Center West on the opposite side of the…
Wire Building: The Wire Building is an early modern office building in downtown DC.
The Wire Building, constructed in 1949, is a 12-story Modern office building, distinguished both for its smooth limestone walls, which turn the corner in a sweeping curve, and its early use of…
Tiber Island: This Modernist residential complex was an early part of the redevelopment of the Southwest Waterfront in the 1960s.
Designed by Keyes, Lethbridge and Condon and completed in 1965, Tiber Island was part of the nation’s first urban renewal project. As part of the project, Tiber Island was considered a model for the…
Fire Alarm Headquarters: The Fire Alarm Headquarters once served as the hub of DC’s extensive, citywide fire alarm call box system.
Washington, DC's fire alarm call box system started in the mid-nineteenth century with 25 boxes installed on main streets throughout the city. By the time the headquarters was built in 1939, there…
Watergate Complex: Beyond its iconic and unusual architecture, the Watergate is best known for the scandal named for it.
Recognized internationally for its name, which has even entered the popular lexicon as shorthand for a scandal, the luxury Watergate Complex is a Washington icon. Located on the banks of the Potomac,…
Washington Hilton: This hotel between Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan was the site of the 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan.
Constructed in 1962-65, the Washington Hilton was hailed for its sinuous massing, its use of column-and-slab construction throughout, and its uniform precast concrete wall panels—in sum, a sharp…
United States Tax Court: Designed in 1966 and constructed in 1974, the Tax Court is a striking and highly sculptural example of mid-century Modernist architecture.
Designed by architect Victor Lundy, the U.S. Tax Court is an outstanding example of federal architecture of its time, and the most prominent public work of its architect’s notable career. It used the…
Third Church of Christ, Scientist, and Christian Science Monitor Building (1971-2014): The modernist church, office building, and plaza are notable as works of the office of I.M. Pei and Partners and principal designer Araldo Cossutta.
Built between 1968 and 1971, the modernist church, office building, and plaza at this site were designed primarily by principal architect Araldo Cossutta. A European-trained protégé of the famous…