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Rotunda
after restoration.

On Common
On Common All photos by Hoffmann Architects, Inc.

Ground
Ground Two Civic Spaces Are

Renovated and Improved

by Ronald O’Rourke

The two civic projects honored by the jurors this year are located in Lighting Designers: MCLA Architectural Lighting Design
the same part of town, and both are places where people from scat- Paint Conservators: Keystone Preservation Group
teredpoints of origin gather for a common reason. Other than that, Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti
the two projects could hardly be more different. The first meticu- MEP Engineers: Summer Consultants
lously repaired and restored one of the country’s most visible, Interior Protection Engineers: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
handsome, and iconic historic structures, while the second added Fall Protection Engineers: LJB, Inc.
modernist enhancements to a joyless and almost-hidden intercity Health and Safety Consultants: Aerosol Monitoring
transit facility. & Analysis, Inc.
Visualization Consultants: PerspectX Inc.
Award for Excellence in Historic Resources Cost Consultants: U.S. Cost
& Preservation Construction Managers: Jacobs Project Management Company
General Contractor: Turner/Smoot Joint Venture
United States Capitol Dome
Restoration The neoclassical dome of the Capitol is one of the country’s
Washington, DC most prominent national symbols, and the Rotunda below is one
of its most hallowed civic spaces. Just a couple of months ago,
Hoffmann Architects, Inc. thousands of Americans participated in one of the nation’s most
& The Architect of the Capitol solemn civic rituals by visiting the rotunda to pay their respects to
the late Senator John McCain, the most recent American to be
granted the honor of lying in state under the dome. As they beheld

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