Just got back from my last Spring Break before I graduate! With a compact (& great!) city plan, the incredible metro, awesome museums, endless embassies, and historical landmarks, DC is a great city for an architect to visit! I highly recommend flying into Eero Saarinen’s Dulles Airport (IAD).
Kogod Courtyard by Norman Foster
East Wing (National Gallery of Art) by I.M. Pei (currently undergoing renovations)
National Museum of the American Indian by Polshek
Hirshhorn Museum by SOM
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Pei Cob Freed
U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters by Moshe Safdie
Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library by Mies van der Rohe
Newseum by Polshek
Ronald Reagan National Airport North Terminal by Pelli Clark Pelli Architects
Dulles International Airport by Eero Saarinen
Euram Building by Hartman-Cox
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| 1100 First Street by Krueck & Sexton Architects (Photo by Scott Pitocco) |
Arena Stage at the Mead Center by Bing Thom
St. Coletta School by Michael Graves
Washington National Cathedral Visitor Gateway
Kreeger Museum by Phillip Johnson
Metro by Harry Weese
Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Maya Lin
The National Museum of the Marine Corps
House of Sweden by Gert Wingardh
Swiss Ambassador’s Residence by Steven Holl Architects
Embassy of Finland by Heikkinen-Komonen Architects
Embassy of Denmark by Walter Gropius
Embassy of Italy
The Pentagon Memorial
Brazilian Embassy
Tax Court Building by Victor Lundy
Bike Rental at Union Station
World Bank Headquarters by KPF
LANDMARKS
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
White House
The Octagon Museum / AIA Headquarters
Library of Congress
MLK Memorial
Pentagon
National Building Museum
Supreme Court
this is an excellent collection of modern architecture in a city dominated by post modern, classical, or any style of a by gone era. i very much appreciate the list altogether. inspires me to take in a tour.
i especillay like the Brzil Embassy and the Tax Court. i must return to appreciate these buildings.
Thanks!