http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/12/02/building-buddled-up-for-winter/ New Buildings, Construction, Destruction, Planning, Real Estate, and Gossip as it happens in the Nation's Capital Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:06:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/12/02/building-buddled-up-for-winter/#comment-4836 DC Metrocentric » Over Reaching in Courthouse Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:31:29 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/12/02/building-buddled-up-for-winter/#comment-4836 [...] out the new overhang that just went up on the Residence Inn being built along Clarendon Blvd. The thing juts all the way out to the very edge of where the sidewalk will be. The overhang is [...] […] out the new overhang that just went up on the Residence Inn being built along Clarendon Blvd. The thing juts all the way out to the very edge of where the sidewalk will be. The overhang is […]

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/12/02/building-buddled-up-for-winter/#comment-3865 Evan Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:01:27 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/12/02/building-buddled-up-for-winter/#comment-3865 Wow, that couldn't have turned out any more bland...It's really depressing to think about how much better the infill in this area could be. I would think that since this is such a wealthy, and well-known area, it would be able to attract better architects, and more innovative designs. This building doesn't even look like an architect was involved, with it's cheap windows, ugly pink-ish stucco detailing, and what looks like exposed concrete. Wow, that couldn’t have turned out any more bland…It’s really depressing to think about how much better the infill in this area could be. I would think that since this is such a wealthy, and well-known area, it would be able to attract better architects, and more innovative designs. This building doesn’t even look like an architect was involved, with it’s cheap windows, ugly pink-ish stucco detailing, and what looks like exposed concrete.

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