Hartman-Cox Architects congratulates Lee Becker, FAIA, recipient of the 2024 Bybee Prize from the National Stone Institute.
Established in 2001 by the Building Stone Institute in honor of the late James Daniel Bybee – a former president of the Building Stone Institute and then president of Bybee Stone Company – this award is presented to an individual architect or landscape architect for a body of work executed over time and distinguished by outstanding design and use of natural stone.
Congratulations to Lorton Stone for the Natural Stone Institute’s PINNACLE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE for the Korean War Memorial Wall of Remembrance project. Hartman-Cox Architects is honored to be a part of this important project honoring those who gave their last full measure.
2023 Pinnacle Awards: Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance (youtube.com)
Photography: Anice Hoachlander
The National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy project in Dulles, VA is the recipient of a WBC Craftsmanship Award in the Special Construction category of Thermal and Moisture Protection for the comprehensive envelope improvements and roof replacement to the Main Hangar. HCA managed and redesigned the Main Hanger envelope due to existing failures in exterior wall locations, and incorporated additional facility improvements such as exterior canopies at exits.
Congratulations to the AECOM/Hartman-Cox Architects LLP Joint Venture | Hoffmann Architects | Grunley Construction Company | Prospect Waterproofing Company team on this award. (Submitting entity Prospect Waterproofing Company).
2024 Craftsmanhip Awards Winners - Washington Building Congress (wbcnet.org)
The Hartman-Cox team supports another fun year at CANstruction 2023!
With a total count of 924 cans, our build features a turn table and boom box — putting a creative “spin” on the Household Appliance theme.
In the words of your favorite 1980’s disc jockey, “We’re spinning Spaghetti wheels all night with a side of sweet peas, opening strong the first track is energetic, splicing and dicing tomatoes. As you continue to listen, get pumped-up on pineapple tidbits and pineapple juice. Duo black beans with sea salt will have you rolling in the deep, followed-up by a light interlude from tuna. Finally, the track list closes on a high note with black beans featuring a roast beef tribute cover." CANstruction is organized by The Washington Architectural Foundation that aims to raise awareness about hunger.
Hartman-Cox Architects was honored to host the AIA Headquarters Renewal Project Interns at our office. This AIA National internship opportunity pulls top talent from HBCUs offering NAAB accredited architecture programs. Their keen interest and sensibility to architecture was inspiring. We celebrate their commitment to this industry. This group is involved in learning about the AIA Headquarters comprehensive renovation project designed by EHDD with Hartman-Cox serving as the local architect.
AIA reveals schematic design for first-ever comprehensive renovation of its DC headquarters AIA reveals schematic design for first-ever comprehensive renovation of its DC headquarters.
AIA reveals schematic design for first-ever comprehensive renovation of its D.C. headquarters - AIA
“The National Park Service and the memorial’s foundation announced Monday that the wall will include the names of 36,574 Americans and more than 7,200 Koreans, who served as advisers and interpreters in what was called the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army (KATUSA).
Funding for the $22 million project comes entirely from donations from the people of the United States and South Korea, the Park Service and the foundation said.
The 25-year-old memorial, just southeast of the Lincoln Memorial, will also undergo a thorough facelift, officials said. The project is expected to take 18 months. The work is to begin this week.”
Patterson House received an award for Design and Construction at the 2019 District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation for Design and Construction!
“The Washington Architectural Foundation (WAF) and the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects have chosen partner Mary Katherine Lanzillotta, FAIA as this year’s Centennial Medal Award recipient for distinguished service to the Chapter, community, and profession.”
“The grand opening of the new Federal Courthouse was recently held, marking the end of a highly anticipated project that took decades to plan. The $89 million contract went to a team led by W.G. Yates & Sons, which oversaw the construction project from its office in Biloxi, Miss. In addition, architectural firms from Washington, D.C., URS and Hartman-Cox Architects, were also part of the team.”
-Correctional News
The Southern District of Alabama U.S. District Court moved into their new home designed by Hartman-Cox Architects with AECOM and built by Yates Construction. Effective immediately, the John A. Campbell Federal Courthouse at 113 Saint Joseph Street is closed to the public as it undergoes renovation (also by Hartman-Cox Architects with AECOM to be built by Yates Construction) which is scheduled to be completed in 2020. When it reopens, the Campbell building will be home to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. Probation among other federal agencies and offices.
Groundbreaking for Tudor Place’s new project, The South Lawn Cistern Project, took place last week in DC. Tudor Place recognizes the importance of environmental sustainability and is implementing the installation of two large cisterns (rainwater containment units) under the South Lawn. These cisterns will move rainwater away from the Main House and store it to be used for watering plants and irrigation. In turn, Tudor Place will cut back on their use of fresh water as well as lessen runoff in the Rock Creek Watershed. This is one of the first steps in the execution of the Master Preservation Plan that was developed by Hartman-Cox Architects.
Please click here to read more and visit the GoFundMe page for the project.
Pictured above left to right: Joe Gibbons, Chair, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, Mark Hudson, Executive Director, Tudor Place Foundation and Marcia V. Mayo, Vice-President, Board of Trustees, Tudor Place Foundation.
On Sunday, July 15th Church Street United Methodist Church celebrated the progress of the Building for Christ project with the Cornerstone Laying during both worship services and tours of construction following each service!
Hartman-Cox Architects has named two new Associates at the firm; Julia Cobb and Greta Weidner! Their hard work and dedication to the company has been greatly appreciated throughout the years. Congratulations!
“Located at 729 Washington Ave. North, the 10-story building will be home to office, residential and retail tenants by January of 2019. This will be United Properties’ fifth North Loop project, and is the largest project yet to be undertaken by the company in the North Loop.
The Nordic-inspired, modern warehouse-style building is designed to be the living room and backyard of the North Loop. In addition to office space, the development will contain 57 apartments, an underground and seven-level elevated parking garage with more than 400 spaces and ground-level retail. Outside, The Nordic will feature an active public plaza fronting Washington Avenue, intended for outdoor seating, lawn games, winter ice curling and space for food truck service.”
Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Norfolk stands just across the street from the flood-prone Hague.
The Rev. Win Lewis shows how even on a sunny day, March 21, 2017, water can accumulate in the basement of Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Norfolk, which stands just across the street from the flood-prone Hague.
Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Norfolk stands just across the street from the flood-prone Hague.
The Rev. Canon Win Lewis and his congregation at Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Norfolk worry increasingly about the threat rising sea levels pose to their historic church.
Image Source: The Virginian-Pilot
“The signs point to more risk each year. Norfolk is among U.S. cities considered most vulnerable to sea level rise, partly because its land, as throughout Hampton Roads, is sinking – a problem called subsidence. But Lewis says Christ & St. Luke’s parishioners are entrusted with an “artistic and historic treasure” and are determined to protect it.
Mary Katherine Lanzillotta, a partner in Hartman-Cox, the church’s Washington-based architectural consultant, says a multimillion-dollar renovation and restoration project would include a geothermal system that will draw from the surrounding earth to provide heating and cooling. To reduce the church’s flooding risk, “we’re hoping to add some cisterns so that we can capture some rainwater coming off the roof and hold it essentially, retain it on site to such a time that the water levels go down and we can release it.”
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Courtesy of The Virginian-Pilot
Images courtesy of Ampeer Residences
“Ampeer Dupont Circle—a highly-detailed renovation of the legendary Patterson Mansion—will open its doors in July. The property owned and developed by private real estate development company Saul Urban, will offer 92 uniquely-designed residential units featuring 350 square feet each.”
All photos by Michelle Goldchain, CurbedDC
“In July 2017, Dupont Circle’s Patterson Mansion will open its doors with 92 high-end, fully-furnished residential units and a variety of amenities, thanks to D.C.-based developer Saul Urban in partnership with Rooney Properties.
The micro-units built in the two structures range in square footage from the mid-300s to the late-500s. Leases go as low as three months with the intention to appeal to the city’s transient class, which includes diplomats, politicos, and executives.”
Photos by Jon Banister, Bisnow | Renderings courtesy of Saul Urban
“The developer, in partnership with Rooney Properties, has renovated the mansion into 22 small apartment units, with another 70 in a newly built, connected glass building, and has turned the mansion’s common areas into amenity spaces. The renovation is nearing completion and the building will welcome its first residents in July. ”
