Construction Watch Tour: Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library
Designed by the architecture firm Davis Brody Bond Aedas, the Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library will house 80,000 books, DVDs, and CDs and 32 public access computers. Peter D. Cook, AIA with Davis Brody Bond Aedas leads a tour of this 22,000 square-foot bu...
DAP II: Creating for the Classroom Final Presentation
National Building Museum
The National Building Museum is proud to present Design Apprenticeship Program II: Creating for the Classroom, the latest in a series of programs in which local youth design and build projects related to a timely theme or topi...
During the spring 2010 CityVision semester, thirty one students from Burroughs Education Campus and Stuart-Hobson Middle School explored the waterfront in southeast DC, and designed plans to develop this emerging area. The Nat...
Construction Watch Tour: Smithsonian Institution Horticulture Services Greenhouses
Work is nearing completion on 14 new greenhouses and support facilities being built by the Smithsonian Institution to house and maintain its horticultural operations and preserve its orchid collection. Paul Lindell, landscape architect with the Smith...