sw waterfront: Removing the "Brutalist" from Washington DC.
- 12/10/13 02:57 AM
In the late 1950's and through the 60's, an architectural movement swept through the city of Washington DC. Littering our vistas with cool grey, lifeless concrete structures. Squares and rectangles broken by sharp angles of black glass. Heavy triangular shadows thrown by the cold hearted shoulders of one building onto another. Rebar and cement monsters that swallow up the lives of some of the most powerful people in the world. The FBI building (pictured below) is considered to be a shining example of this "Brutalist" architecture. These utilitarian, unromantic, intimidatingly imposing structures that just scream cold war era and cubicals. … (0 comments)
sw waterfront: HOA"S and Condominiums
- 12/04/13 01:11 AM
Home Owner Associations (HOAs), Condominiums, and Cooperatives all fall under the generic category of "Community Associations". HOAs and Condominiums are very similar in that,both are communities of home or unit owners in which the individual unit or lot is seperately owned, but the common areas are shared and maintained by a governing body voted in by home owners. However, there are very significant differences in the creation of each entity and how the main goal, to ensure the maintenence and general well being of the community property and enforcement of condo and HOA rules and/or bylaws, is ultimately reached. -Condos are … (0 comments)
sw waterfront: Tiber Island
- 11/24/13 11:22 PM
Built in 1965 and transformed in to a Cooperative in 1981, Tiber Island is a architecturally historical location in the SW neighborhood of DC. Readilly accessable to the metro and the SW Waterfront, Tiber Island is a community inside a neighborhood. The grounds, centered around a beautiful courtyard with fountain, are kept immaculate. Walking around the grounds here I felt completely removed from the noise and hustle of the city, though I am just blocks from the National Mall. The grounds also include the historic Thomas Law House, a waterfront mansion built in 1784. Staff at this building are typically nice … (2 comments)
In the late 1950's and through the 60's, an architectural movement swept through the city of Washington DC. Littering our vistas with cool grey, lifeless concrete structures. Squares and rectangles broken by sharp angles of black glass. Heavy triangular shadows thrown by the cold hearted shoulders of one building onto another. Rebar and cement monsters that swallow up the lives of some of the most powerful people in the world. 
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