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The newly renovated White House Visitor Center, in historic Baldrige Hall Photo © Maxwell MacKenzie
at the Commerce Department Building.
Project: White House Visitor Center, Washington, DC
(see the Winter 2007 issue of ARCHITECTUREDC)—provided
architecture and engineering services for the project. Architects/MEP & Fire Protection Engineers: SmithGroupJJR
Gallagher & Associates—a museum planning and Exhibition Designers: Gallagher & Associates
design firm—worked closely with SmithGroupJJR for Lighting Designers: Available Light
exhibit design. Structural Engineers: Robert Silman Associates;
When the original visitor center opened in 1995, “the Eckersley O’Callaghan & Partners
primary mission of the facility was to distribute timed Retail Consultants: Manask & Associates
entry passes to the White House and provide a brief Audiovisual Equipment Specialists: PPI Consulting
historical oversight of the White House and President’s Cost Estimators: Kirk Associates
Park to visitors prior to their visit,” said David Acoustical Consultants: Jaffe Holden Acoustics
Greenbaum, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, vice president at General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
SmithGroupJJR and design principal for the project.
“With the elimination of daily timed entry following the
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