David Cox, FAIA is a Founding Principal of cox graae + spack architects and recipient of the 2009 Centennial Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Chapter. Early in his education, in Louis Kahn’s University of Pennsylvania Master Class, David developed an interest in watercolor painting as a form of design representation and artistic expression. In retirement, he now devotes his time and energy to expanding his vast watercolor skill set and exploring opportunities to document the beauty that he encounters daily.

In collaboration with his gardener wife Mary Jane, David began an odyssey to arrange and paint the beautiful flowers she grew in their greenhouse and garden. His collection of floral watercolors celebrate light, color, texture, and materials. David paints with transparent colors, adding multiple layers that reveal extraordinary depth and character. Careful planning does not inhibit great creative spontaneity which is revealed as colors bleed and blend naturally on the paper, often within striking shapes and shadowy backgrounds. The collective works are a study in transparency and luminosity, depicting the beauty of the subject matter through light and the delicacy of a medium that captures a full range of variations in value and color, from subtle to striking.

Special thanks to David Cox, FAIA and Mary Jane Cox.

Curators: William Spack, AIA and Joanna Schmickel, AIA, LEED AP
Graphic designer: Kimberly Kunz
Art handler: Tim Anderson

Organized by cox graae + spack architects

In cooperation with AIA|DC for the Suman Sorg Gallery

Designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19, courtesy of Graphisoft

Supported in part by BluEdge

This exhibition highlights award-winning works of landscape architecture from the 2018 Professional Awards of the Potomac Chapter, ASLA. The range of projects encompasses residential, private and public practice, and a variety of project types that includes parks, courtyards, plazas, historic landscapes, and public realm guidelines.

The exhibition illustrates the range in scale and scope of the landscape architecture profession and highlights the high quality of work being produced in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The Chapter’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, John G. Parsons, FASLA, is recognized in the exhibition, as are our three Edward B. Ballard Scholarship recipients.

For more information about the Potomac Chapter, ASLA, please visit: potomacasla.org.

About the American Society of Landscape Architects

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is a national professional organization representing 17,000 landscape architects. ASLA has 48 state and regional chapters. Founded in 1899, the mission of ASLA is to advocate, to lead, to educate, and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of cultural, natural and/or the built environments for human enjoyment. ASLA works to increase the public’s awareness of and appreciation for the profession of landscape architecture. ASLA is an active advocate for the profession at the local, state, and national levels on public policy issues, including licensure, livable communities, sustainable design, surface transportation, the environment, conservation issues, historic preservation, small business issues, and providing outdoor access that exceeds the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The early visionaries in the profession of landscape architecture noted that the designs of outdoor spaces are created for recreation, inspiration, and essential respite from the emerging urban environment. City parks and green spaces within the urban environment, along with private residential gardens, helps to improve physical and psychological health, strengthen our communities and make neighborhoods more attractive places to live and work. The profession enhances the outdoor environment for both private and public enjoyment. ASLA and its members are at the forefront of efforts to increase respect for the land and our natural environment, particularly on issues of prudent land use and planning, urban design, sustainable development, waste and water management including stormwater, resource preservation, recreation, and land reclamation.

About the Potomac Chapter, ASLA

The Potomac Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects represents nearly 400 landscape architects in DC, Northern Virginia, and Suburban Maryland. The purpose of ASLA is to advance the profession of Landscape Architecture in the eyes of the general public. The Chapter is the main advocacy body to advance the profession on the local level by holding events, meetings, outings and providing information regarding the profession to the local media and schools. The Chapter may also interface with municipal governments regarding local issues that could impact the profession, or the public realm.

Organized by the Potomac Chapter, ASLA

In cooperation with AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery

Supported in part by ABC Imaging

14th and Euclid Streets, NW, 1968 - Courtesy The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

The 1960s was a decade of upheaval. Post-World War II suburbanization had left American cities economically fragile and socially stratified. An unpopular and seemingly endless war in Vietnam was fueling dissent. And racial inequality remained despite the continuing struggle for civil rights. 

Washington, DC, the nation’s capital, was not immune to the economic, social, and racial repercussions affecting American cities. In Washington’s black community, the pain, anger, and frustration felt by many would erupt into violence following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Three neighborhoods at the heart of DC’s black community were particularly hard hit: 14th and U Streets NW; 7th Street/Shaw NW; and H Street NE. It would take half a century for these neighborhoods to recover from the devastation. 

reBirth::Washington DC 50 Years after 1968 examines architecture’s role in the city’s rebirth. Organized geographically by neighborhood and chronologically by completion, it presents significant projects in each area that have served as catalysts for change.

Context
“April Uprising: DC After Martin Luther King's Assassination,” a short documentary film narrated by Aaron Gilchrist of NBC4, kicked off the opening reception on April 3. View the film here.

Contributors
Featured projects contributed by: AJArchitects.com llc; BELL Architects, PC; BKV Group; Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS; CORE architecture + design; CRTKL; Davis Brody Bond; DLR Group; dp+partners, llc; Eric Colbert & Associates PC; Esocoff & Associates Architects/Philip A. Esocoff, FAIA; Hickok Cole Architects; Martinez + Johnson Architecture; Morris Adjmi Architects; MV+A Architects; Norman Smith Architecture; Shalom Baranes Associates; SK+I Architecture; Suzane Reatig Architecture; Torti Gallas + Partners; Torti Gallas Urban; and Wiebenson & Dorman Architects PC.

Dedication
This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Barbara G. Laurie, AIA, NOMA. Ms. Laurie was Past President of AIA|DC and the Washington Architectural Foundation, Associate Professor of Architecture at Howard University, Partner at Devrouax & Purnell, and Friend and Colleague. Proceeds from the exhibition help benefit the Barbara G. Laurie Scholarship Program. Donate to the scholarship here or text SCHOLARS17 to 41444.

Organized by the Exhibition Committee in collaboration with AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery and Suman Sorg Gallery. Designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19, courtesy of Graphisoft. Supported in part by BluEdge.

Exhibition Committee: David Haresign, FAIA, Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS, co-chair; Matthew Bell, FAIA, University of Maryland/Perkins Eastman, co-chair; Roger K. Lewis, FAIA, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland; Cheryl O’Neill, AICP, Torti Gallas + Partners
Script Writer: Mary Konsoulis, AICP, Consulting for Creative Community
Content Coordinator: Jenna Seybert, Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS
Editing: Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA and Kathleen Spencer, District Architecture Center
Exhibition Design: Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA, District Architecture Center
Graphic Design: Jen Byrne, Live.Create.Play.LLC
Base Maps: Taylor Stout and Brian Tomaino, Torti Gallas + Partners
Digital Exhibit: University of Maryland, School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation; ARCH
478/678 Adaptation—Mapping Change Over Time at 14^th and U Streets, Professor Michele Lamprakos, PhD; Ryan Banger, Graphics Coordinator/Teaching Assistant; Adan Ramos, Graphics Editor. Students: William Ayres, Khaleef Bradford, Aldana Caceres, Eric Cho, Marissa Cutry, Mohit Dobariya, Ricky Fairhurst, Kaira Farrell, Kelcy Hayes, Mark Machado, Ryan McDonald, Francisco Orantes, Hector Pereira, Patricia Rowedder, Jenny Umana, Emma Weber, Kirsten Young, Susan Yu
Analysis Video: Virginia Tech, Washington Alexandria Architecture Center; Rallying for Rights: The City as a 1^st Amendment Landscape, Professor Susan Piedmont-Palladino. Students: Naseem Falla, Jasmine McNeil, Sonja Stojic, Alyssa Tope

Sponsors
This exhibition is made possible through generous support from:

Patron—Bill Bonstra, FAIA and Penny Karas; David and Patricia Haresign; Eric Colbert & Associates PC; Insight Property Group; Martinez + Johnson Architecture; MV+A Architects; Potomac Valley Brick; Silverback Development in Honor of Phil Esocoff, FAIA

Benefactor—Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS; CallisonRTKL; Interface Engineering, Inc.; Ogden CAP Properties in Honor of Phil Esocoff, FAIA; Perkins Eastman; Shalom Baranes Associates; SK+I Architecture; Susan and Eric Meyers; Torti Gallas + Partners

Supporter—BELL Architects, PC; Bowman Consulting; dp+partners, llc; Hickok Cole Architects; Horning Brothers; INTUS Windows; Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners; Jay and Rita Abraham Yurow; Lee & McShane, P.C.; Rathgeber/Goss Associates, P.C.; Roger K. Lewis, FAIA, Architect and Planner; SK&A Structural Engineers, PLLC

Contributor—Capitol Engineering Group, LLC; Suzane Reatig Architecture

Donation—CAS Engineering; Landscape Architecture Bureau (LAB)

AIA|DC proudly presents the work of Hoachlander Davis Photography, an award-winning architectural photography studio with more than 20 years of professional experience in the Washington Metropolitan region. Organized by theme, Hoachlander Davis: Photographing Spaces features over 20 projects and 100-plus images related to the photographers’ commercial and residential work. With each project, the photographer lends a special point of view from behind the camera to communicate the photoshoot experience.

Beyond celebrating the photographers’ images, the exhibition aims to emphasize the cooperative relationship between photographer and client, and highlight the photographer’s hand in the documentation of space. Dedicated to the art of photographing architecture, HDP’s commercial work is representational in nature in order to give the client a variety of exterior, interior, and abstract detail images. Space—how it appears and how it is used—at different times of day, in different seasons, under different conditions, and with or without people, is vital to the photographer’s portrayal.

Over the years, work by HDP has focused exclusively on photographing architecture and interior design for use in design awards, magazines, and marketing. They have built a rich portfolio consisting of a wide array of projects including churches, civic centers, healthcare facilities, homes, museums, commercial buildings, schools and universities.  Their clients include architects, construction companies, developers, interior designers, museums, and non-profit organizations.

In addition to their professional work, the three photographers developed Photographing Spaces, a website and blog created to inform and inspire architects, landscape architects, and designers with photography techniques and practices. In turn, they are equipped with knowledge about documenting their own work, as well as how to work better with professional photographers.

Credits

Organized by AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery in collaboration with Hoachlander Davis Photography. Coordinated by Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA with support from Anice Hoachlander, Judy Davis, Allen Russ, and Jen Milbrett.

Special thanks: AllenBuilt, Inc.; Balodemas Architects; Barnes Vanze Architects, Inc.; Beyer Blinder Belle; Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS; Clark Realty Capital; EYP; FORM Architects; Hickok Cole Architects; John Moriarty & Associates; Jones & Boer Architects; NAWROCKI Architects; OPX; OTJ Architects; Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect; Schiller Projects; Shalom Baranes Associates; SmithGroupJJR; Studio Twenty Seven Architecture | Leo A Daly JV; STUDIOS Architecture; Wiedemann Architects; and Wingate Hughes Architects, PLLC.

Designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19, courtesy of Graphisoft.

Supported in part by BluEdge.        

This exhibition combines award-winning projects from three of AIA|DC’s largest competitions:

• Unbuilt Washington Awards
• Washingtonian Residential Design Awards
• Chapter Design Awards

Each year, our competitions recognize practitioners, educators, and students within the architecture community who demonstrate excellence in design. Projects are selected by distinguished juries of design professionals based outside of the Washington metropolitan region.

The exhibition features 41 projects organized by competition: theoretical and unbuilt commissioned projects in Unbuilt Washington Awards; single family, multifamily, and mixed-used residential projects in Washingtonian Residential Design Awards; and architecture, interior architecture, historic resources, and urban design/master planning projects, including Presidential Citations, in Chapter Design Awards. Citation categories include design and wellbeing, sustainable design, universal design, and urban catalyst.

2017 Unbuilt Washington Award winners: aldayjover architecture and landscape, University of Virginia; HKS, Inc.; Luis Pancorbo and Ines Martin Robles, University of Virginia with Marcelo Ruiz Pardo and Sonia Nebreda; mcdowellespinosa, University of Virginia; Michael Beaman, University of Virginia; Perkins+Will; and Tyler Mauri with Austin Edwards, Ben Dinapoli, and Ziqi Chen, University of Virginia.

2017 Washingtonian Residential Design Award winners: Carter + Burton Architecture PLC; DLR Group/Sorg Architects/Weslake Reed Leskosky; EL Studio PLLC; KUBE Architecture; McInturff Architects; Richard Williams Architects PLLC; Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect; Shalom Baranes Associates; Shinberg.Levinas Architects; Square 134 Architects; and Wiebenson & Dorman Architects PC.

2017 Chapter Design Award winners: Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS; David Jameson Architect; Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroupJJR; Gensler; Hamilton Snowber Architects; Hartman-Cox Architects; MTFA Architecture; Quinn Evans Architects; Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect; Stanton Architecture; STUDIO Architecture; and Studio Twenty Seven Architecture. 

Closing Party: January 16th, 6:30pm

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About Exhibition

Travelers from around the world flock to the nation’s capital to experience extraordinary sites: stately buildings that house the government; commemorative structures that honor people and events; and grand institutions that celebrate the arts, humanities, and sciences.

Wish You Were Here! Vintage Postcards from Washington, D.C. takes visitors on a visual journey through the capital city as it was illustrated through postcards from the early-to-mid 20th century. Organized by AIA|DC, the exhibition features over 300 vintage postcards reproduced from collections held at the DC Public Library, Historical Society of Washington, D.C., and National Building Museum. The exhibition highlights sightseeing, transportation, street scenes, museum and government buildings, commercial establishments, sacred spaces, and parks.

The exhibition is divided into six sections: Traveling to Washington; Commencing the Adventure; Navigating the City; Exploring Iconic Landmarks; Discovering Local Places; and Remembering the Journey.

Curator’s Statement

Wish You Were Here! takes visitors on a visual journey through Washington, DC via vintage postcards from the early 20th century. The exhibition is not a history lesson on postcards, nor a complete story about each building or place represented. Rather, the exhibition offers an intimate perspective on the nation’s capital as a sightseer’s destination with many points of interest. The experience invites visitors to step into the world of each postcard and imagine the essence of its place and time.

The exhibition is partly inspired by an interest in cities and urban life, a love of travel, and the notion of time, as well as Lost Washington, D.C., a book by Paul Kelsey Williams which highlights extraordinary buildings in the capital city that no longer exist. Scott Clowney, a resident of Washington, DC since 2004, is Exhibitions Manager at the District Architecture Center. He is an architecture enthusiast, exhibitions specialist, and visual artist originally from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Send Us Your Postcards!

The spirit of mailing postcards is alive and well. Our newest exhibition features postcards that capture moments, places, and people from DC history. We want YOU to be a part of it.

Traveling this summer? Do you have family or friends in faraway places? Send us a postcard! Reach out to folks and ask them to send a postcard to DC from their neck of the woods. Include a note about your adventure or the landmark and landscape on the postcard.

Send postcards to our offices at the District Architecture Center. If you can’t send a postcard through snail mail, use an app like Postagram or TouchNote.

Mailing Address: District Architecture Center | 421 7th Street NW | Washington, DC 20004 | USA

Credits

Organized by AIA|DC for the Suman Sorg Gallery in cooperation with the DC Public Library, Historical Society of Washington, D.C., and National Building Museum.

Special thanks to Jerry A. McCoy, DC Public Library, Washingtoniana Division; Jessica Smith, Historical Society of Washington, D.C.; and Nancy Bateman, National Building Museum.

Conceived, curated, and designed by Scott Clowney, Assoc. AIA

Text edits by Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA

Installation by Rostin Rostai

Made possible with generous support from ABC Imaging.

Exhibition designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19, courtesy of Graphisoft.

This exhibition highlights 15 award-winning works of landscape architecture from the 2017 Professional Awards of the Potomac Chapter, ASLA. The range of projects encompasses residential, private and public practice, and a variety of project types that includes parks, courtyards, plazas, historic landscapes, and public realm guidelines.  Two awards were given in our new category this year: Social Impact.

The exhibition illustrates the range in scale and scope of the landscape architecture profession and highlights the high quality of work being produced in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The Chapter’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, Beatriz Coffin, FASLA and Laurence Coffin, FASLA are recognized in the exhibition, as are two Edward B. Ballard Scholarship recipients.

For more information about the Potomac Chapter, ASLA, please visit: http://potomacasla.org/.

About the American Society of Landscape Architects

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is a national professional organization representing 17,000 landscape architects. ASLA has 48 state and regional chapters. Founded in 1899, the mission of ASLA is to advocate, to lead, to educate, and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of cultural, natural and/or the built environments for human enjoyment. ASLA works to increase the public’s awareness of and appreciation for the profession of landscape architecture. ASLA is an active advocate for the profession at the local, state, and national levels on public policy issues, including licensure, livable communities, sustainable design, surface transportation, the environment, conservation issues, historic preservation, small business issues, and providing outdoor access that exceeds the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The early visionaries in the profession of landscape architecture noted that the designs of outdoor spaces are created for recreation, inspiration, and essential respite from the emerging urban environment. City parks and green spaces within the urban environment, along with private residential gardens, helps to improve physical and psychological health, strengthen our communities and make neighborhoods more attractive places to live and work. The profession enhances the outdoor environment for both private and public enjoyment. ASLA and its members are at the forefront of efforts to increase respect for the land and our natural environment, particularly on issues of prudent land use and planning, urban design, sustainable development, waste and water management including stormwater, resource preservation, recreation, and land reclamation.

About the Potomac Chapter, ASLA

The Potomac Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects represents nearly 400 landscape architects in DC, Northern Virginia, and Suburban Maryland. The purpose of ASLA is to advance the profession of Landscape Architecture in the eyes of the general public. The Chapter is the main advocacy body to advance the profession on the local level by holding events, meetings, outings and providing information regarding the profession to the local media and schools. The Chapter may also interface with municipal governments regarding local issues that could impact the profession, or the public realm.

Credits

Organized by the Potomac Chapter, ASLA in cooperation with AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery.

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Exhibition Opening Reception: Bees in the City + The Pollinator-friendly Garden
Monday, April 10, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Native Bees—Protecting our Urban Pollinators
Tuesday, April 18, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Birds, bats and butterflies all take part in making our cities green but bees often play the biggest role.  Seventy-five percent of the world’s top 100 food crops rely on pollination from bees and other insects.  Our food supply, our major parks, even the plants in your garden all depend on bees.  How is it our world is so dependent on these tiny creatures and we know so little about them?  Bees in the City covers two types of bees:  honey bees who live in hives, and, native bees, representing about 80% of bee species, many of whom live completely solitary. 

In addition to learning about bees, the exhibition discusses how several world-famous architects have incorporated bee-inspired designs into their major works.  Finally, bees can also help us understand the modern design theory called biophilia, which reminds us that despite our preference to organize ourselves in cities, human beings need a connection to nature.  There is no stronger example of this than our centuries old relationship with bees.

The Pollinator-friendly Garden, an exhibition of botanical artworks by Studio 155 artists on view in the Suman Sorg Gallery through June 3 accompanies this exhibition.

Credits

Organized by AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery.

Graphic Design by Jennifer Byrne, Live. Create. Play. LLC

Made possible with generous support from ABC Imaging. Exhibition designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19, courtesy of Graphisoft.

Exhibition Opening Reception: Bees in the City + The Pollinator-friendly Garden
Monday, April 10, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

The Pollinator-friendly Garden presents botanical artworks from the collection of Studio 155 artists. These artworks highlight flowering plants that attract pollinators such as bees, birds, butterflies, and other pollinating species. Discover decorative plants such as Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa), Goldenrod (Solidago), and Ornamental Onion (Allium), as well as edible plants such as dandelion, eggplant, and squash.

This exhibition inspires you to consider the importance of healthy, productive plant communities for pollinators in the city. Cities with plentiful greenspace and flourishing gardens benefit the environment, contributing to the cycle of nature and fueling the pollinator’s way of life. With threatened pollinator populations, due to habitat loss, pesticide misuse, and disease, healthy garden habitats support everyone. Pollinator-friendly gardens in the city are possible with the right information and a little bit of old-fashioned work.

Studio 155 artists work in various mediums, including colored pencil, graphite, oil, and watercolor. Their work captures subjects from flowering plants and trees to rocks and landscapes. This exhibition complements Bees in the City, an exhibition about bee pollinators on view in the SIGAL Gallery through June 3.

About Studio 155

Studio 155 formed following Botanical Treasures of Lewis & Clark: New Art for the Bicentennial, an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 2006. As a group, the artists have exhibited artwork together at the Adah Rose Gallery, Athenaeum, Cosmos Club, Delaware Art Museum, Studio Gallery, United States Botanic Garden, and VisArts at Rockville.

Participating Studio 155 artists include Debbie Bankert, Roberta Bernstein, Elizabeth Ward Carter, Wendy Cortesi, Jill Hodgson, Vicki Malone, Donald Beekman Myer FAIA, Kappy Prosch, Michael Rawson, Ellen Tuttle, and Juliana Weihe.

Credits

Organized by AIA|DC for the Suman Sorg Gallery.

Special thanks to the artists of Studio 155.

Made possible with generous support from ABC Imaging. Exhibition designed and modeled in ArchiCAD19, courtesy of Graphisoft.

This exhibition spotlights winning photos from the #iseeDC2016 Instagram photo contest organized by the AIA|DC Design Excellence Committee.

Of the 700-plus photos posted between October and December 2016, 35 were selected by a jury for the exhibition. Each photo captures a place in our nation’s capital that has special meaning to those who participated in the contest.

The aim for the contest—and exhibition—is to raise public awareness of the built environment in Washington, DC and explore how design can not only delight and inspire, but also reveal order and create a sense of place.

Organized by the AIA|DC Design Excellence Committee in cooperation with AIA|DC for the SIGAL Gallery. #iseeDC2016 Instagram Photo Contest and Exhibition Planning Committee: Steve Kunin, AIA, LEED AP; Dani Hoge, Assoc. AIA.

Sponsors

Major funding generously provided by: Baskervill and Hoachlander Davis Photography

Additional support generously provided by: EYP, HGA, Martinez + Johnson Architecture, and Peris Construction

With support from: David Haresign, FAIA & Patricia Haresign and Lewis J. Goetz, FAIA

Supported in part by: ABC Imaging