Washington, D.C.’s first affordable housing residency for low-income grandparents raising children without a parent present was conceived by the founder of Bible Way Church.
This complex hotel renovation posed numerous logistical challenges, including converting a rooftop pool into a usable bar and meeting space as well as heavy repositioning of part of the existing hotel into a co-working area, the team says.
A previously disjointed five-building school complex was transformed into a unified, operational and administratively functional building that enhances its role as a community hub.
Taking a 21-in. northward lean out of this historic building, nicknamed the Leaning Tower of Granby, required what the team called an untested jacking plan that "had never been accomplished on a building that tall."
After four years of planning and site preparation, the team successfully integrated 19 historic buildings into a mixed-use development encompassing a full city block.
When an electrical service delay threatened to derail the schedule, the project team says it collaboratively orchestrated a plan to bring the project back on track.
Delivering a large greenfield distribution center and regional headquarters on an 81-acre site, the design-build team minimized environmental impacts by protecting onsite wetlands and the adjacent Five Forks Civil War battlefield.