PROJECT The Lumen
ARCHITECT VestaNova Architecture PLLC
LOCATION  Washington, District of Columbia US

PROJECT COMPLETION DATE  7/2/2016
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM  Weiqing Feng, AIA
OWNER/CLIENT Community Three Development LLC
CONTRACTOR/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER  UIP General Contracting Inc
PHOTOGRAPHER  All pictures are by Brian Tomaino, except the one of 1968 Riot, which is from The Library of Congress.
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CIVIL ENGINEER Landplan Associates, Inc
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Wolfman $ Associates, P.C.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER Summit Engineers, Inc
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Summit Engineers, Inc
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
Located in one of the hardest hit streets during the 1968 Washington DC riots, the building design incorporates a historic store into its facades by adjusting the massing of the new building to allow the existing retail building to be restored and to allow the historic composition of the block to remain. The new portion of the building completes the block corner which has been a parking lot for 4 decades. The design complements the new architectural fabric formed on 14th Street with blend of historic components of bay windows and the modern forms with floor-to-ceiling windows.

Lumen is designed to incorporate and fit the existing context of the historic fabric of 14th Street and offers a forward looking expression with its new residential architecture on W Street. The retail space occupies the entire south east portion of the First Floor facing 14th Street NW and W Street NW. There are 18 residential apartments including 6 one bedroom units and 11 two bedroom units on the 2nd floor to 5th floor with one penthouse apartment on the 6th floor.

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IMAGES (Captions and Photographer Credit)
1. Lumen, evening view from 14th Street NW; Brian Tomaino
2. Lumen, view from 14th and W Street NW; Brian Tomaino
3. Apartment open floor concept Kitchen with Family Room; Brian Tomaino
4. Lumen, view along 14th Street NW with historic building in red; Brian Tomaino
5. Lumen retail corner with bank in historic portion of the building in red; Brian Tomaino
6. Lumen, view along residential W Street NW; Brian Tomaino
7. Apartment open floor concept Kitchen with Family Room; Brian Tomaino
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