Architecture: District of Columbia

Washington, DC has many different types of architecture styles.  The area is rich in history which reflects the look of the buildings from neoclassical structures to brutalist government buildings.  Below are some pictures I took throughout the years when exploring DC. ~ JM

Bunshaft conceived the Hirshhorn as “a large piece of functional sculpture” among the shrine-like structures of the National Mall. The hollow-centered, elevated cylinder—primarily a gallery for paintings—floats above nearly four acres of landscaped grounds for sculpture.

A new language museum that once was Franklin School, designed by Adolf Cluss.

Red vertical steel supports made a dramatic exterior statement on the new International Spy Museum, which was designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.

Designed in 1963 by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster, the Kreeger residence was built on five and a half wooded acres.  The residence turned into a private museum.

The ceiling of the Post Office Museum. The architectural firm of D.H. Burnham & Co. designed this building in classic Beaux Arts style. 

The glass pyramids of the East Building of National Gallery of Art designed by I.M.Pei.

A lockhouse near the C&O Canal. The C&O Canal Trust has renovated six of them for overnight stays.

The Arts and Industries Building is the Smithsonian’s second oldest building

Dupont Circle's rowhouses, primarily built before 1900, feature variations on the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque revival styles.

Union Station is a soaring neoclassical masterpiece designed by famed architect and planner Daniel Burnham.