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Stained glass, Central United Methodist Church, Ballston VA. |
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Office building, 1820 G St. NW, Washington DC. Photographed from within a glass-enclosed portico. |
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International Monetary Fund, Washington DC. |
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Livingston House, Washington DC. |
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Blackfriars Shakespeare Playhouse, Staunton VA. |
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Lightwells, William H. Gates Hall, School of Law, University of Washington, Seattle WA. |
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Art deco apartment building,
4801 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC. |
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President’s Club, Continental Airlines, Washington National Airport. Originally the Terrace Restaurant (c.1940), the facility was restored in 2000. |
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Office building on C&O Canal, Georgetown, Washington DC. |
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Café Promenade, Mayflower Hotel, Washington DC. |
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Washington Gas Headquarters Building, Washington DC. |
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Fairmont Hotel, Washington DC. |
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Atrium, International Finance Corporation, Washington DC. Looking straight up a 13-story atrium, photographed with the widest available optic, a 180° fisheye lens. From this point, the unassisted eye can see only the central third of the view. |
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National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC. Frontal view. |
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Dining Room, Big Meadows Lodge, Shenandoah National Park. A classic of national park architecture, opened in 1940. |
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Corporate Cafeteria, Overhead View of Veranda above Reflecting Pool, Washington DC. |
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American Red Cross, Headquarters Building, Washington DC. The lower section to the left was built in 1951; the larger structure was completed in 2003. |
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MCI Building, Washington DC. |
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Egan House, Seattle. |
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Office building, 800 19th St. NW, Washington DC. Panoramic atrium view. |
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Embassy, Glover Park, Washington DC. Originally designed as an office building in the “brutalist” utilitarian style of the 1980s, the structure features gestures at décor so superficial as to accentuate its severity. |
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PEPCO Building, Washington DC. |
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Fire Station, Gallery Place, Washington DC. A rare, attractive concrete structure in the “brutalist” style. Note: Light poles, a traffic light and other transitory objects in front of the fire station and adjacent office building were digitally removed to better illustrate the sweep of the buildings. |
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Chevy Chase Arcade, Washington DC. Built c.1910. |
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Central United Methodist Church, Ballston VA. The photographer’s first large-format project, in 2002. |
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Heated indoor swimming pool,
c.1925, Rosario, Orcas Island WA. |
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Older commercial block, Washington DC. |
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Closed up and painted black. Forlorn following the recession of 2008, this building in the Tenley neighborhood of Washington DC formerly housed a small business. Photographed in early 2011. |
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Kramerbooks & Afterwords café,
Washington DC. Brick and metal construct overlooking café. |
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Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC. Brunch buffet, Thanksgiving 2010, in main dining room (c.1930). |
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Red Lion Deli, Washington DC. |
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Urban Outfitters, Washington DC. |
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Uptown Cathay Restaurant, Washington DC.
Sushi bar and silk screen. |
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International Monetary Fund, Construction documentation. |
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Office building, 2121 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington DC.
Imposing through its symmetry, a good example of the utilitarian low-rise corporate architecture prevalent in the District in the 1970s and 1980s. |
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Agency headquarters, near Union Station, Washington DC. A recent retrofit added glass curtain wall and other modernist adornment to a stark brutalist façade. |
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Construction, West End, Washington DC. |
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4 Times Square and Construction
on Sixth Ave, New York City. |
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Paradise Inn, Mt. Rainier National Park.
Loft view of “A-frame” superstructure following renovation in 2009. The lodge was constructed in 1916. |
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Menus, Sirius Coffee Co, Washington DC. Photographs by Bill Katzenstein, graphics by Adrian Loving. |
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Latte by Xavier, Modern Times Coffeehouse, Washington DC. |
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"Angel Over Abyssinia" by Sedakial Gebremedhin. Acrylic on canvass. Ethiopian art photographed for greeting card set. |