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washington d.c. historical architecture see below for contemporary
001 The White House 002 Washington National Cathedral 003 Thomas Jefferson Memorial
004 U.S. Capitol 005 Lincoln Memorial 006 Vietnam Veterans Memorial
007 Washington Monument 008 Supreme Court of the United States 009 Library of Congress
010 National Gallery of Art 011 Union Station 012 National Museum of Air and Space
013  Willard Hotel 014 Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center 015 Washington, D.C., Metro
016 National Building Museum 017 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 018 The Mall
019 Smithsonian Institution 020 State, War and Navy Building 021 Dulles International Airport
022 National Museum of American History 023 National Museum of Natural History 024 Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
025 United States Botanic Garden 026 National Museum of the American Indian 027 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
028 Arts and Industries Building 029 Freer Gallery of Art 030 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
031 National Museum of African Art 032 Old Post Office Building 033 Treasury Building
 
034 National Archives 035 Arlington National Cemetery  

washington d.c. contemporary architecture  
     
01 02 03
     
04 05 06
     
07 08 09
     
10 11 12
     
13 14 15
     
16 17 18
     
19 20 21
Washington DC Architecture

NWA01- Swiss Embassy Washington DC
2007
Steven Holl Architects

NWA02- British Embassy
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Edwin Lutyens

NWA03- Corcoran Gallery & School of Art
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Gehry Partners

NWA04- German Embassy
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Egon Eiermann

NWA05- House renovation, Eastern Market
2007
David Jameson Architect Inc

NWA06- Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington DC
2008
Polshek Partnership with Ralph Appelbaum Associates

NWA07- Smithsonian Museum Redevelopment
2004-07
Foster & Partners
Smithsonian Institution - Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard: open 18 Nov 2007

NWA08- Smithsonian Institution, Patent Office Building
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Eric Owen Moss

NWA09- Swiss Embassy
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Steven Holl Architects

NWA10- United States Institute of Peace Headquarters
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Moshe Safdie Architects

NWA11- US Institute of Peace, The Mall
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Moshe Safdie

NWA12- Gannett/USA Today Headquarters, McLean
2001
KPF

NWA13- Holly Grove Mansion, Charleston
2008-
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects

NWA14- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn
2006
Rafael Vinoly Architects
Landscape Building

NWA15- New Art Museum, Shenandoah Valley, Western Virginia
2007-08
Randall Stout

NWA16- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Extension
2002-09
Rick Mather Architects

 
Thomas Jefferson, [Proposed Plan of Federal City], March 1791, Ink on paper, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division Library of Congress.
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, "Plan of the City of Washington," March 1792, Engraving on paper, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress
Robert King, "A Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia," 1818, Engraved map, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
Peder Anderson and Fitz Hugh Lane, "View of the City of Washington," 1838, Color lithograph, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
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