New Condos Planned Atop Dupont Circle Office Building

• January 10, 2013
• 3 Comments

by UrbanTurf Staff

Early rendering courtesy of Trout Design Studio.

New residential buildings have been popping up all over DC. But residences on top of an existing building are something that the city hasn’t witnessed in recent memory.

At Wednesday night’s ANC 2B meeting, Trout Design Studio presented a concept design for a two-level addition to an existing five-story commercial building in Dupont Circle. Under the plans, the first four floors of 1337 Connecticut Avenue NW (map) would remain commercial, the fifth floor would become residential, and two new floors would be added on top of the building. The three top floors would potentially be split up into 10-12 condos.

Ground floor of 1337 Connecticut. Courtesy Google Street View.

This is not an altogether new project. Plans for a different design were presented to the Historic Preservarion Review Board (HPRB) last June, which dictated that the addition should be more contemporary and visually appealing. So, the new design largely consists of glass and metal panels in an effort to emulate the massing of the existing building with contemporary materials.

While the Dupont Circle Conservancy and the ANC (as of last night) have approved the design concept, the project still has to go to the Zoning Board and then back to the ANC, so UrbanTurf will check in on its progress in the coming months.

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3 Comments

1. makeba said at 8:23 pm on Thursday January 10, 2013:

   Wow. Its amazing how some can get away with these types of projects. Building a dozen or more units without a lick of parking. What happened to the 1-space for every 2 units rule??

1. Eric K said at 11:27 am on Friday January 11, 2013:

   I think this project looks awesome! A dense and central location like this does not need to build new parking, in my opinion.

1. Jacksom said at 2:22 pm on Friday January 11, 2013:

   I agree with Eric, with this development’s central location and proximity to two metro station (walking distance), new parking should not be required.

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