Hou de Sousa designs fluorescent Prismatic installation for Washington DC
Fluorescent cords attached to black rebar frames form this sculptural installation, which American firm Hou de Sousa has created for Washington DC. More
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Mismatched furnishings create "bipartisan aesthetic" at The Line DC hotel
A mash-up of different styles is used to decorate this hotel in Washington DC, which New York firm INC Architecture and Design created inside an old church. More
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Eaton DC hotel mixes politically charged elements with retro interiors
A new hotel concept championing "progressive social change" has opened its first location in Washington DC, with spaces including a members' club, a wellness centre and three eateries designed by Gachot Studios, and Parts and Labor Design. More
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Sky bridges criss-cross SHoP's Midtown Center in Washington DC
A trio of elevated walkways links two wings of a glass-faced office building by SHoP Architects, which is located four blocks away from the White House. More
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Robert Gurney renovates 200-year-old brick townhouse in Washington DC
American architect Robert Gurney sought to open up views, and balance old and new, while renovating a four-storey historic dwelling in the Georgetown area of the US capital. More
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Pentagram models US Library of Congress logo on bookends
Pentagram's New York office has updated the visual identity for America's Library of Congress in Washington DC, with a shape-shifting logo that resembles stacks of books and bookends on a shelf. More
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Snarkitecture builds white Fun House for retrospective in Washington DC
New York design studio Snarkitecture is celebrating a decade of projects with an exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington DC, which includes a white gabled house and a kidney-shaped ball pit. More
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The Art of Burning Man is explored in Washington DC exhibition
The impressive temporary structures built during the annual Burning Man festival are the subject of an exhibition in the US capital. More
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Elon Musk's Boring Company receives go-ahead to start DC to NYC Hyperloop tunnel
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has been given written permission to begin digging a transportation tunnel in Washington DC, which could eventually facilitate a 29-minute journey between the capital and New York City. More
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BIG revises Smithsonian campus masterplan in Washington DC
Architecture firm BIG has updated its plans for the revitalisation of the Smithsonian Institution campus in the US capital, after the initial designs sparked opposition. More
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FreelandBuck combines historic ceiling designs for Smithsonian museum installation
Trompe l'oeil illusions from the renaissance era influenced the design of this ceiling installation by American studio FreelandBuck, now on view in a Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. More
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Frank Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial breaks ground in Washington DC
The controversial memorial to former US president Dwight D Eisenhower, designed by Frank Gehry, has finally begun construction in Washington DC after years of opposition. More
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Studio Gang's stacked-tube Hive installation opens in Washington DC
Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects has created a trio of cavernous chambers from stacked silver and magenta paper tubes inside the National Building Museum in Washington DC. More
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NADAAA overhauls brick house in Washington DC with ample glazing and a plywood interior
Boston architecture firm NADAAA has remodelled a 1920s Washington DC residence by extending the attic, adding large windows, and using plywood sheets to arrange the internal layout. More
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David Adjaye's African American Museum photographed by Brad Feinknopf
These new images by photographer Brad Feinknopf offer a tour through David Adjaye's Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened last fall in Washington DC. More
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30,000 sticks line wall of Aesop Georgetown by Tacklebox
New York studio Tacklebox has clad the interior of this Washington DC store for skincare brand Aesop with 100-year-old recycled sticks. More
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Exhibition surveys work of modernist landscape architect Lawrence Halprin
Parks with terraced fountains and chunky concrete formations are among works by American landscape architect Lawrence Halprin featured in a show at the National Building Museum in Washington DC. More
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Competition: five copies of the Brutalist Washington Map to be won
Dezeen has teamed up with Blue Crow Media to give away five copies of a map detailing 40 examples of brutalist architecture in Washington DC. More
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Bates Smart unveils light-filled replacement for its Australian Embassy in Washington DC
Australian firm Bates Smart is to design a new Embassy of Australia for the US capital, replacing the building that the firm designed for the same purpose in 1964. More
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Trump's development plans for the White House envisioned in satirical illustrations
These tongue-in-cheek images offer visions of the White House after US president-elect and renowned real-estate mogul Donald Trump gets the keys. More
