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Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects (EE&K) is an international architectural firm with offices in New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Shanghai.EE&K's expertise spans large-scale urban development and infrastructure projects, mixed-use urban development and waterfronts, school and campus design, historic preservation and adaptive re-use.
Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, [1] has a unique and diverse architectural history. Encompassing government, monumental, commercial, and residential buildings, D.C. is home to some of the country's most famous and popular structures designed by some of the leading architects of their time.
The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.An example of neoclassicism, it is in the form of a classical temple and is located at the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Henry Bacon is the memorial's architect and Daniel Chester French designed the large interior statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln (1920 ...
Architect. Wyeth and Sullivan. Architectural style. Norman cottage-style. NRHP reference No. 03001254 [1] Added to NRHP. December 9, 2003. The Children's Country Home, also known as the Hospital for Sick Children, is a historic building located in Washington, D.C. 's Woodridge neighborhood.
November 13, 1982. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died ...
View at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., 1909. The zoo first started as the National Museum's Department of Living Animals in 1886. [12] By an act of Congress on March 2, 1889, [13] [14] [15] for "the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people", the National Zoo was created.
dc .gov. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. [13] The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named for George Washington, the first president of ...
Paul S. Devrouax (October 4, 1942—March 22, 2010), was an American architect. He founded the architectural design firm of Devrouax+Purnell, in Washington, D.C. He helped design the Verizon Center, Nationals Park, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, and the D.C. headquarters of Freddie Mac and Pepco. He co-designed the African-American ...