Cooper Carey Waves to Ballston
27 10 2009Maybe it was the perspective of previously released renderings, but we never realized how much movement the new Cooper Carey designed project at Glebe Road and Wilson Boulevard has. This is one great looking building! The project is currently under construction by JBG and will include more than 400,000 square feet of office space and 36,000 square feet of retail space; 90 units of affordable housing, and 28 town homes along the back to easy the transition into the surrounding low density.
This is going to end up being a fairly original looking building what with the recreation of the old car dealership diamond facade at the corner and the waved upper curtain walls. For those who disagree… let the glass bashing begin.
[Rendering: Cooper Carey]
It looks like the microsoft windows logo~
I like it – when do the Jetsons move in?!
Not too bad looking actually, I would say most of the glass bashing takes place when a boring glass box replaces an old facade. In places like Ballston there really aren’t any older grand looking facades to clash with.
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I think the building is awesome. It’s far better than the bland mix of beige brick and precast buildings that dominate Ballston currently. I can’t wait to see it built!
Kind of nice for a glass object. I agree with S. Sorrel in that there’s not much context to clash with, but that isn’t exactly raising the bar very high.
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