Docomomo US, the American chapter of Docomomo International, a non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the modern movement, highlights the architecture of Southwest DC in its latest newsletter. The piece is by architectural historian Dr. Richard W. Longstreth, a professor at George Washington University where he directs the program [...]

Here’s another post on Southwest. This one is for a contemporary 1 bed/1 bath unit in a mid-century modern building designed by I.M. Pei. Waterfront Tower, as it is now called, is one of four buildings designed in 1960 by Pei as part of the major urban renewal effort in Southwest. The four apartment buildings [...]

The D.C. Preservation League is holding a lecture Tuesday, Feb. 26 on the mid-century modern architecture of Southwest D.C. The program, Shaping Southwest: Understanding the Past and Envisioning the Future, will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Jefferson Middle School at 801 7th Street, SW. Speakers will be Richard Longstreth, professor at George Washington University, [...]

If you want to squeeze in some DC architecture before the final presidential debate, the Southwest Heritage Project will be holding  a program on Southwest DC’s history, architecture and public parks at Monday night’s Southwest Neighborhood Assembly meeting. The event, entitled Southwest DC: Then and Now, will be held Oct. 22 from 7-8 p.m. in the Molly Smith [...]

If you can’t stand the thought of living in some ugly post-modern condo building in DC but want an updated, contemporary unit in a mid-century modern building, take a look at this condo in Waterfront Tower in Southwest. It is one of four buildings designed in 1960 by I.M. Pei as part of the major [...]

Washington Walks will be holding a walking tour of Chloethiel Woodward Smith‘s archtiecture in Southwest DC on Saturday, Oct. 22. The tour starts at 11 outside the Waterfront Metro. No reservations are required for the $15 tour. “A look at how a remarkable architect used the vocabulary of modernism to design enduring residential buildings in Southwest [...]

This listing is for a 3 bed /2 bath end unit townhome by Chloethiel Woodard Smith and Nicholas Satterlee  in Capitol Park, which was the first and largest development built as part of the urban renewal efforts in Southwest. The price has dropped from $479K. Smith and Satterlee mixed modern high-rise apartment buildings with townhomes [...]

Amid the changing landscape of Southwest D.C., the D.C. Preservation League will be holding a walking tour this Saturday (Oct. 9) of the mid-century modern enclave to celebrate the annual DOCOMOMO Tour Day, which will be held in cities across the country. Noted architectural historian Richard Longstreth will lead the tour, which runs from 10:00 a.m. [...]

The Post’s Lisa Rein has a piece in today’s paper about the revitalization of Southwest. More than 50 years ago, the area underwent a massive transformation, representing at the time the largest urban renewal project in U.S. history.  The effort to create a “modernist Utopia” in the nation’s capital was led by the likes of [...]