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New atrium of the Washington College of Law, built in a former outdoor courtyard.
for impromptu pre- or post-class meetings at powered cocktail Yuma and Warren are visible on the outer edges. With the inclusion
tables. SmithGroup project architect Lori Cappuccio, AIA, LEED AP, of Dunblane House through landscape connections, SmithGroup
dubbed these spaces “Sidebars,” where learning can continue has created a campus quadrangle that doesn’t overwhelm either
outside the classroom. Cappuccio is part of a design team its site or its residential neighbors—the decision to connect the
composed largely of women, which seems apropos given that buildings below grade breaks up the massing of what appears in
AUWCL was founded by women in 1896. plan as a single construction. The school, meanwhile, gains a stable
From an urban standpoint, the campus is successful on many location: After moving 12 times in as many decades, AUWCL
levels. Capital Hall retains its grandeur as the formal front of finally has a permanent home.
AUWCL facing Tenley Circle, yet the crisp, contemporary lines of
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