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Washington, DC, United States
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International Spy Museum
Washington, DC, United States
The International Spy Museum is a new 120,000 SF, build-to-suit flag ship location for one of DC's most visited organizations. The project includes three floors of museum exhibits resting on a base of retail, education, and lobby spaces. The facility is topped with administrative offices and a dramatic special events facility with sweeping views of the city.
Since 2002, the International Spy Museum has called DC's Penn Quarter home. The organization grew tremendously over the last two decades and was in search of an iconic location within the District in order to meet the needs for a world class facility. The International Spy Museum teamed up with Developers JBG, Design Architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP), and Architect of Record Hickok Cole, to make the new vision a reality.
The design positions the museum as a catalyst to reinvigorate 10th Street SW and to connect the national Mall to the future developments south of the site. The building is situated on the L'Enfant Plaza retail and transportation hub and is nestled within a collection of 1960's I.M. Pei buildings.
The concept for the design is a play on the business of espionage, "hidden in plain sight". The mystery and intrigue of the obscured behind a dark metal "black box" which sits above a transparent base. With its evocative form, powerful sloped columns, folded metal panel skin, and pleated glass veil, the museum makes a vibrant architectural and urban statement in the existing concrete canyon of 10th Street.
Since 2002, the International Spy Museum has called DC's Penn Quarter home. The organization grew tremendously over the last two decades and was in search of an iconic location within the District in order to meet the needs for a world class facility. The International Spy Museum teamed up with Developers JBG, Design Architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP), and Architect of Record Hickok Cole, to make the new vision a reality.
The design positions the museum as a catalyst to reinvigorate 10th Street SW and to connect the national Mall to the future developments south of the site. The building is situated on the L'Enfant Plaza retail and transportation hub and is nestled within a collection of 1960's I.M. Pei buildings.
The concept for the design is a play on the business of espionage, "hidden in plain sight". The mystery and intrigue of the obscured behind a dark metal "black box" which sits above a transparent base. With its evocative form, powerful sloped columns, folded metal panel skin, and pleated glass veil, the museum makes a vibrant architectural and urban statement in the existing concrete canyon of 10th Street.
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