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Site
A through-block site between 12th13th Streets, fronting on E Street directly off Pennsylvania Avenue, three blocks from the White House
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Washington, D.C.Gross Floor Area
550,000 s/f Client
The Kaempfer Company Time Frame
Planning: 2/87
Construction: 9/89
Completion: 1993 |
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1299 Pennsylvania Avenue |
| Washington, D.C.
Completed 1993 |
12-story investment office building with atrium, retail spine and restored landmark theater
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This mixed-use project, involving a complex process of site assemblage, historic preservation, and new construction made possible the restoration of the landmark Warner Theater. Included in the project are the 2,000-seat theater, the 13-story commercial structure in which it is housed, and a new 13-story building attached and internally linked to create a block-long functional whole.The project was designed to complement the historic
fabric while asserting an independent presence as a work of modern architecture. Street elevations are fragmented by varied materials, colors and shapes in order to reduce the apparent bulk of the new 550,000 square foot mass and to better relate to existing neighbors. Entrance from 13th Street is one level below the theater, but above grade at the opposite (12th Street) end. To mediate the difference, each entrance opens onto a block-through retail spine that stretches out from a
landscaped fountain atrium. Because of the theater's great volume and the need to accommodate the client's requirement for maximum office space, the atrium is shaped asymmetrically (somewhat like a faceted "S") so that it slopes up to the skylight in irregular planes. Increasing the number and variety of windowed office exposures, it results in a distinctive building with a dynamic public space that is unique in modern commercial architecture. |
11 office floors (38,00050,000 s/f), faceted skylit atrium with landscaped fountain court, ground and lower level arcades, fitness center, 3-level underground garage, historic Warner Theater renovation |
| District of Columbia Preservation League:
Fourth Annual Preservation Award
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| District of Columbia Industry Association:
Special Achievement Award for Extraordinary Projects in the City |
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| Washington Building Congress:
STAR Award for Visual Excellence |
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American Concrete Institute:
Most Complex Concrete Frame Award |
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| American Institute of Architects
Washington D.C. Chapter: Merit Award |
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Pei Cobb Freed & Partners services |
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Complete Architectural Services |
| Shalom Baranes Associates, Washington, D.C. (Theater Renovation) |
| Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Associates, Silver Spring, MD |
Mechanical / Electrical / Plumbing |
| GHT Chartered, Arlington, VA |
Foundation Support System |
| Mueser Rutledge, New York, NY |
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