Project Details
- Project Name
- Watergate Apartment
- Location
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DC ,United States
- Project Types
- Multifamily
- Project Scope
- Renovation/Remodel
- Size
- 1,250 sq. feet
- Shared by
- Editor
- Consultants
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General Contractor: Richard Hazboun,Interior Designer: Therese Baron Gurney,D. Anthony Beale,Maxwell MacKenzie
- Project Status
- Built
- Room or Space
- Other
Project Description
2011 RADA
Renovation / Merit
The Watergate is one of Washington’s most prestigious addresses, but its circular geometry poses interior challenges. Gutting this vintage 1960s apartment cleared the way for the organizing stroke: a V-shaped, dark plaster wall that orients the living areas toward the Potomac River. “The new framework draws attention away from the ceiling heights, some as low as 7 feet, 6 inches,” says Robert M. Gurney, FAIA. Crisp, minimalist materials—white terrazzo flooring, ash millwork, and glass walls—unify and define the spaces. “They got a lot of mileage out of the simple move of breaking the wall free,” one judge said, “and the materials are very well done.”
