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Cornerstones of Community:

Innovative Schools and Other Institutional Projects

WINTER 2021

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WELCOME
46 Advanced Placement:
A Public Charter School in DC
5 For the purpose of… Gets a New Building
by Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA
by Ronald O’Rourke
n INSTITUTIONAL PROJECTS 54 Teenage Dream:
Private Middle School Offers State-of-the-Art
14 Urban Re-Renewal: Learning Environment
Southwest DC Gains an Eye-Catching by Celia Carnes
Branch Library
by Steven K. Dickens, AIA, LEED AP 62 Pivot Point:
The Heights Signals a New Direction
22 A Play on Words: for Arlington Public Schools
Historic School Becomes a Museum by G. Martin Moeller, Jr., Assoc. AIA
of Language
by Denise Liebowitz 70 Scribe Vibe:
Writers Find Welcoming Environment
30 Smart Design is Elementary: in a Former Youth Center
A New Building Skillfully Knits Together by G. Martin Moeller, Jr., Assoc. AIA
a DC Public School
by Ronald O’Rourke 72 Scene Change:
Small Church Converted into
38 Civics Lesson: an Acting Conservatory
Neglected School Blossoms into by G. Martin Moeller, Jr., Assoc. AIA
a Neighborhood Asset
by Denise Liebowitz

ON THE COVER: Southwest Neighborhood Library, by Perkins&Will.
Photo © James Steinkamp Photography

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