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Unique Spaces
Following are all UrbanTurf articles filed under Unique Spaces, from most recent to least.
Unique Spaces: The Roundhouse
UrbanTurf Staff | June 6th 2025
DC is a city filled with traditional housing stock, largely made up of colonials, Tudors, bungalows and Federal townhouses. However, it is not known f... read»
Unique Spaces: Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home
Mark Wellborn | July 30th 2021
There are likely very few people in the DC area who can say that they live in a former restaurant. Ed Carp is part of this select group.... read»
So You Think You Can Design One of the World's Most Unique Homes?
Nena Perry-Brown | March 11th 2020
Amateur home designers, take note: Airbnb has launched a fund to see the most unique home ideas come to fruition.... read»
DC's Political Odd Couple's Corner Store Turned Home in Old Town
UrbanTurf Staff | June 19th 2019
Political consultants Mary Matalin and James Carville purchased a 5,000 square-foot former corner store turned residence that now serves as their DC a... read»
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From Dukakis Campaign Office to Dupont Circle Carriage House
Nena Perry-Brown | May 24th 2017
One of UrbanTurf's previously-featured Unique Spaces is back on the market, a Dupont Circle carriage house that outlived its original home.... read»
Unique Spaces: Logan Circle's Most Intriguing Garage
UrbanTurf Staff | May 3rd 2017
Gregg Schultz and Joe Riddle lived in one of Logan Circle's most eye-catching homes. ... read»
What Is It Like To Live in The Roundhouse?
Shilpi Paul | August 12th 2016
This week, UrbanTurf is re-running an article from a few years ago that looks at what it is like to live in one of DC's few octagonal houses. ... read»
Unique Spaces: Once a Carriage House, Now a Home
Jennifer Sergent | February 12th 2016
It is not often that a carriage house outlives the home that it is connected to, but in the case of one rather unique property in Dupont Circle, that ... read»
Unique Spaces: Making the Most of a Skinny House
Shilpi Paul | December 9th 2013
This installment of Unique Spaces required architects to make good use of a particularly narrow footprint in Foggy Bottom. ... read»
Unique Spaces: The Most Intriguing Loft in DC
UrbanTurf Staff | October 2nd 2013
UrbanTurf has covered a number of extraordinary residential conversions over the years, but we recently got a sneak peek at a property that may set th... read»
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