PROJECT Woodmont 17th Floor
ARCHITECT McInturff Architects
LOCATION  Bethesda, Maryland US

PROJECT COMPLETION DATE  4/21/2023
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM  Mark McInturff AIA, David Mogensen AIA
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CONTRACTOR/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER  Added Dimensions, Inc. Alan Kanner
PHOTOGRAPHER  Anice Hoachlander
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CONSULTANT Interior Designer Cole Prévost Sophie Prévost ASID sp@coleprevost.com
CONSULTANT Interior Designer Susan A. Vallon, Ltd. Susan Vallon, susanavallon55@gmail.com
CONSULTANT Lighting Design Hinson Design Group LLC Wayne Hinson wayne@hinsondesign.com
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
Our clients are the first owners of a 17th floor three-bedroom unit in a new condominium building in the evolving downtown of Bethesda, Maryland.

Once a sleepy two-story commercial area surrounded by suburban housing, Bethesda has, following the construction of the Metro just blocks away, emerged as a lively walkable urban center.

Our clients, who resided in a neighborhood of largely single-family houses in Washington DC, were ready to move to a denser urban environment with easy access to public amenities.

While their new residence had a well-organized floor plan and featured a 40’ long wall of windows overlooking the surrounding community, it was developed and detailed with all the charm and finesse of an ordinary developer apartment block.

Our clients wanted more, and better, materials and detailing, and ample space to display art, as one of the clients had recently closed her commercial gallery and kept all of her favorite works to feature in the new space.

The architectural solution to all of this was to make one large cabinet of white oak and blackened steel that touches all of the main rooms — Living, Dining, Kitchen, Family Room and Entry — and which transforms in treatment and layout as it moves from space to space. In it are bookshelves, art walls, sliding doors, and parts of the kitchen.

In the remainder of the apartment, the same palette of oak and blackened steel is also used to create custom-designed desks and storage units in the bedrooms and offices.

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IMAGES (Captions and Photographer Credit)
1. View from entry Anice Hoachlander
2. View from entry. Anice Hoachlander
3. New ceiling treatment organizes HVAC and lighting into a uniform surface Anice Hoachlander
4. A perforated sliding door leads from entry directly to the kitchen. Anice Hoachlander
5. The overlay of new ceiling planes unify the living and dining areas. Anice Hoachlander
6. New pocket doors slide into new cabinetry to separate the dining room and kitchen. Anice Hoachlander
7. The new central cabinetry contains pocket doors between the kitchen and both dining room and entry Anice Hoachlander
8. The new cabinetry includes a television recess behind a sliding panel. Anice Hoachlander