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1000 Maine seen from the adjacent pier. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto

Chapter Design Award in Architecture The new District Wharf development along DC’s southwest
waterfront, however, has created something of an architectural
1000 Maine gateway facing the Potomac River and Virginia beyond. A significant
component of that gateway is the new office building at 1000 Maine
Washington, DC
Avenue, SW, designed by FOX Architects and the New York-based
firm KPF. Shaped by the irregular geometry of its site, the building
KPF (design) / FOX Architects assumes diverse aspects when viewed from different vantage points.
(architects of record) It both anchors the northern end of the District Wharf and creates
Landscape Architects: Landscape Architecture Bureau, LLC a distinctive reference point for people arriving in DC via the
Lighting Designers: LAM Partners nearby I-395 bridge.
Structural Engineers/LEED/Sustainability Consultants: The main façades feature a supersized terra cotta grid that
Thornton Tomasetti projects from the glass curtain wall, lending the building a sense
MEP Engineers: GHT Limited of grandeur despite its relatively simple forms. A three-story glass
Civil Engineers: AMT, LLC atrium splits the building and overlooks the pedestrian-dominated
Fire Protection/Life Safety Engineers: Jensen Hughes waterfront along the Washington Channel. This creates an inviting
(formerly AON Fire Protection Engineering Corporation) access point for entry and a visual connection to the water and the
Building Enclosure Consultants: CDC adjacent Maine Avenue Fish Market (which was featured in the
Acoustical Consultants: Cerami & Associates Summer 2019 issue of ARCHITECTUREDC). Ten-foot, floor-to-ceiling
Hardware Consultants: ECSI windows provide ample natural light through the ultra-clear curtain
Elevator Consultants: Pearson Hahn Associates wall system, which also affords occupants panoramic views outward.
Water Feature: Waterline Studios Terraces span the roof of 1000 Maine, offering tenants outdoor
General Contractor: Balfour Beatty social and recreation space—increasingly a “must-have” for
developers seeking to attract lifestyle-driven tenants.
Many of the world’s great cities welcome visitors with dramatic With an HVAC system that includes a dedicated outdoor air
views as they arrive. New York and Chicago have forests of system (DOAS), offering advanced energy efficiency and space
skyscrapers, Paris the Eiffel Tower, and San Francisco the Golden savings, 1000 Maine is a LEED Gold-certified project. For the
Gate. For over a century, visitors approaching DC from Northern 170,000 cars per day that pass by it, however, the building is simply
Virginia enjoyed glimpses of the Washington Monument and Capitol a welcome new marker of the threshold to the Nation’s Capital.
Dome, but thanks to the city’s famed building height limits, much
of the rest of its skyline was diffuse and unmemorable.

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