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Main entrance. Photo © Michael Moran

Photo © Prakash Patel Upper-level terrace. Photo © Prakash Patel

Gensler began work on this project long before the
Project: District Winery,
tenant was identified. Accordingly, early designs for the
385 Water Street, SE, Washington, DC
base building were intended to accommodate most any
Base Building Architects: Gensler kind of retail tenant, or even multiple tenants. In that
Interior Architects for Winery: HapstakDemetriou+ respect, it could have ended up much like the renovated
Architecture|Design Lumber Shed, which contains several unrelated restaurants
Structural Engineers: Rathgeber/Goss Associates, P.C. on the ground floor and office space above (now occupied
MEP Engineers: Setty & Associates International, LLC
by Forest City Washington, the developer of the Yards).
(base building); MEP Designs (winery interiors)
Civil Engineers: Wiles Mensch Corporation The Lumber Shed and other historic industrial
Sustainability Consultants: GHT Ltd. buildings in the immediate area also provided aesthetic
Contractors: Monarc Construction Inc. (base building); inspiration. “We took a lot of design cues from what the
Potomac Construction (winery interiors)
Navy Yard Annex used to be,” explained Clay Jackson, AIA,
NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, an architect with Gensler.
projects in its portfolio. Gensler also oversaw the renovation “We wanted them to complement each other but not look
of the Lumber Shed and has designed a third structure, the same. The intent was to keep it contemporary while
as yet unbuilt, that will stand at the northern edge of the drawing from historical cues.”
small plaza along Water Street, SE.

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