The Washington Monument – soon to be home to the new landscape r…
The Washington Monument – soon to be home to the new landscape redesign by National Mall Competition winners OLIN and Weiss/Manfredi
The East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, designed by I. M. …
The East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, designed by I. M. Pei features sharp angles and an impressively day-lit interior
Ezra Stoller/Esto
Architect I. M. Pei within his National Gallery of Art East…
Architect I. M. Pei within his National Gallery of Art East Wing
One of the more recent additions to D.C.'s museum scene is the N…
One of the more recent additions to D.C.'s museum scene is the Newseum, where passersby can view that day's front page from all the major newspapers in the country
The Women in Military Service Memorial at Arlington National Cem…
The Women in Military Service Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, designed by Weiss/Manfredi, honors all servicewomen of the U.S. Armed Forces – past, present, and future
An interior view of the Philip Johnson-designed wing of the Dumb…
An interior view of the Philip Johnson-designed wing of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum, where the architect received his Pritzker Prize in 1979
A dusk view of the U.S. Capitol, future setting of a redesign by…
A dusk view of the U.S. Capitol, future setting of a redesign by National Mall Competition winners Gustafson Guthrie Nichol & Davis Brody Bond
A view of the National Archives (right) and the Federal Trade Co…
A view of the National Archives (right) and the Federal Trade Commission (left) from above 7th Street in Penn Quarter
A detail of the frieze that wraps the National Building Museum (…
A detail of the frieze that wraps the National Building Museum (formerly the U.S. Pension Bureau’s headquarters)
Dulles International Airport, by Eero Saarinen, as captured by E…
Dulles International Airport, by Eero Saarinen, as captured by Esto founder Ezra Stoller – please come back soon!
Many of you just visited our fair city during the AIA Convention, but for those who couldn’t make it, or those who want to relive it, here are a few notable sites around town, as documented by the photographers at ESTO. Washington, D.C. is more than just a collection of monuments – but we’ll include a few of those, too.
Deane Madsen, Assoc. AIA, LEED Green Associate, is the former associate design editor for ARCHITECT, and still covers architecture and design in Washington, D.C. He earned his M.Arch. at UCLA's Department of Architecture and Urban Design. Follow Deane on Twitter at @deane_madsen.
