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The new mixed-use building at 4747 Bethesda Avenue,
by Shalom Baranes Associates, with the existing market
building by Morris Adjmi Architects in the
left foreground.
Out of Many, One
Out of Many, One Photo © Ron Blunt
Bethesda Building Reflects the Work
of Several Architecture Firms
by Denise Liebowitz
To passersby, a new office building may appear to be more corporate tenants leasing the office floors above.
a singular work by one architecture firm. More often In the case of 4747 Bethesda Avenue, in Bethesda,
than not, however, modern commercial projects involve Maryland, a single real estate developer was the
multiple firms working for multiple clients, ranging principal client working with several design firms
from the developer of the base building, to local or on various aspects of the project.
national retailers renting ground floor space, to one or
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