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Courtyard of the OSLOadmo, as seen from the side alley.
Chapter Design Award in Architecture/ About eight blocks northeast of Patterson House, at 1708 V Street,
Washingtonian Residential Design Award NW, in the Adams Morgan (AdMo) neighborhood, is OSLOadmo,
a new, eight-unit apartment building designed by McInturff
OSLOadmo Architects that clearly reads as a modern building, but with massing
Washington, DC and details that allow it to settle comfortably among the historic
row houses around it. Similar to the Chapman Stables project in
plan, OSLOadmo is a U-shaped building with a central courtyard.
McInturff Architects The project embraced the idea that “the city was the true living
and dining room. With an eye to that, the number of bedrooms,
Landscape Architects: Lila Fendrick Landscape Architecture
most with [their own] en suite baths, was to be maximized, and the
& Garden Design
common living spaces were to be airy, efficient, and smaller in size,”
Lighting Designers: Pro Design Distribution
the firm said. “On the street, the rhythm of adjacent townhouses
Structural Engineers: Structura Inc.
influenced the massing of the façade. The two alley façades are
MEP Engineers: WB Engineering
also treated as architecturally important, in acknowledgement
Civil Engineers: CAS Engineers
of urban pedestrian circulation patterns.”
General Contractor: Harbor Builders
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