Mary M. Gates Learning Center at United Way Worldwide in Alexandria, VA, United States

Designed by TPG Architecture, Mary M. Gates Learning Center at United Way Worldwide is located in Alexandria, VA, United States. The renovation began with removing approximately 40% of the original pre-cast concrete panels from the exterior of the annex building and replacing them with an energy efficient glass curtain wall system. The lobby entrance housed [...]

Tags: Alexandria, Alexandria Virginia, Architecture, Building engineering, Construction, Curtain wall, energy, Learning Centre, Mary M. Gates, Potomac River, Royal Ontario Museum, United States, United Way Worldwide, Virginia, Visual arts

Wissioming Residence in Glenn Echo, Maryland, United States

The Wissioming Residence, designed by Robert M. Gurney, FAIA located in Glen Echo, Maryland, is sited on a heavily wooded lot overlooking the Potomac River. The new house occupies a pre-existing house’s footprint in an effort to minimally disturb the site, removing no mature hardwoods in the process. A new swimming pool is suspended twenty [...]

Tags: Architecture, building materials, Concrete, Concrete slab, Construction, Environment, Floor, Flooring, Floors, Maryland, Potomac River, Precast concrete, Robert M. Gurney, Structural engineering, Terrazzo, Wood