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Nov 22, 2022

This Local Designer’s Furniture Appears In ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

The pieces look right at home in the Afrofuturistic world of the blockbuster film. 

Dec 09, 2020

The Lower Level Of Malcolm X Park Will Close For Renovations Until 2022

The renovations are expected to be completed in the summer of that year, according to the National Park Service.

Sep 01, 2015

Designers Are Bringing Back A Graphic Relic Of NASA’s Past

They are turning the 1975 design manual into a book and crowdfunding it on Kickstarter.

Nov 06, 2012

D.C. Unveils New Design for Controversial Streetcar Maintenance and Training Facility

Yesterday D.C. unveiled new renderings of a proposed streetcar maintenance and training facility that it wants to locate on the campus of Spingarn High School along Benning Road NE.

Oct 15, 2012

Design for St. Elizabeths Pavilion Attempts to Blend Modern Design With Landmark Site

The look for the next phase of St. Elizabeths Hospital east was revealed over the weekend with the design for a temporary pavilion set to open next year.

Jul 19, 2012

Eisenhower Memorial Opponents Show Off Alternative Designs

Plenty of people hate the Frank Gehry-designed Eisenhower Memorial. But what are the alternatives? Now we have an idea.

Jul 16, 2012

National Building Museum’s Mini-Golf Course Is Challenging and Thought-Provoking

Before delving too deep into the National Building Museum’s newly installed mini-golf course, let’s dispense with a few ground rules. There are no windmills or fairy-tale castles. Nor will you find any clowns’ mouths, pirates’ galleons or loop-the-loops.

Mar 28, 2012

Commission Backs Gehry Design for Eisenhower Memorial

Yesterday Frank Gehry received a nod of support for his controversial design for the Eisenhower Memorial.

Sep 06, 2011

A First Draft of The New Metro Map

This morning, a first draft of Lance Wyman’s redesign of the iconic Metrorail map began to make the rounds. But it was missing one key aspect: a detailed depiction of the extension to Dulles International Airport.

Jun 12, 2011

Wyman Drops More Hints on Metro Map Redesign

Last weekend, we tried to glean some hints about the redesigned Metrorail map from this Washington Post profile of Lance Wyman. Wyman ended up dropping a few more hints in a follow-up chat earlier this week.

 
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