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Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood

  • March 20th 2009

by Will Smith

When one thinks of the most common architectural styles of residential buildings around DC, modern would be very low on the list. Washington has a strong preservationist tendency, so it is not a city where modern architecture flourishes. There is a small pocket in Northwest, however, that is establishing itself as the city’s outpost of modern architecture. Just a couple blocks northeast of the U Street Metro station, on 10th and 11th Streets between V Street and Florida Avenue, there is a concentration of recently built homes that give the neighborhood a very un-DC, modernist feel. We snapped photos of the best specimens:

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 1
1204 W St, NW (map)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 2
1204 W St, NW (map)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 3
The balcony perch at 1204 W St, NW (map)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 4
2114 – 2122 10th St, NW (map)
5 contemporary rowhouses built in 2002
2116 is on the market for $1,039,000 (see the listing)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 5
2114 – 2122 10th St, NW (map)
5 contemporary rowhouses built in 2002
2116 is on the market for $1,039,000 (see the listing)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 6
The Lacey, at 2250 11th St, NW (map)
26-unit building that just delivered next to the Florida Ave Grill
(see our profile and the building’s website)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 7
The Lacey, at 2250 11th St, NW (map)
26-unit building that just delivered next to the Florida Ave Grill
(see our profile and the building’s website)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 8
The Lacey, at 2250 11th St, NW (map)
26-unit building that just delivered next to the Florida Ave Grill
(see our profile and the building’s website)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 9
2109 10th St, NW (map)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 10
2109 10th St, NW (map)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 11
2128 11th St, NW (map)
The second-floor unit is on the market for $607,900 (see the listing)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 12
2128 11th St, NW (map)
The second-floor unit is on the market for $607,900 (see the listing)

Meet DC's Modern Architecture Neighborhood: Figure 13
The Fillmore, at 2111 11th St, NW (map)

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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/meet_dcs_modern_architecture_neighborhood/693.

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