reform, llc was commissioned by developer J Street Development Corporation and base building architect Gensler to conceptualize a method of anchoring a new steel and glass office tower to its site in Northeast Washington, DC. The newly completed building occupies a triangular site and is defined along one edge by an existing, century old, stone retaining wall. As a means of contextually ‘grounding’ the proposed building within the site, Gensler initially intended the original stone wall to be visually present through the building lobby. However, due to the limited footprint of the site and the need for a larger than expected service space, our office proposed a new feature wall as a means of establishing a dialog between the two adjacent surfaces.