Building Revitalization Featured Project:
1920 L Street, NW, Washington, DC gallery

Client: Leggat McCall Properties LLP
Location: 1920 L Street, NW, Washington, DC

Originally built in 1967, 1920 L Street epitomized the typical Washington, DC "box" office in the Modernist aesthetic. Its minimalist exterior, now a faded black aluminum and glass curtainwall, was echoed in its understated entry and main entry lobby. The client's objective was to transform the image of the building from dark and obsolete to bright and upscale in order to reposition the property for complete releasing.

Major design elements in the revitalization include:

• A new steel and glass canopy marks the main entry amid a uniform silver aluminum and glass facade. Two flagpoles off of two granite fins project at 70-degree angles to enhance and dignify the entrance.

• The granite wing walls continue inside and the warmth of the lobby finishes visually engages and draws one through the glass vestibule and into the lobby itself.

• A new guard desk provides information and security.

• A gentle curving drywall ceiling hovers over the lobby, backlit by the glow of unseen cove lights.

• The image transformation of the lobby was achieved through the strategic use of quality materials such as marble, granite, stainless steel, glass and anigre wood panels.