Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes to the Reader
Introduction. The Architecture of Washington, DC, 1791–2021
Tours
A. Governmental Capitol Hill
B. The Mall
C. Near Southwest
D. Capitol Riverfront
E. Residential Capitol Hill
F. NoMa / Union Market
G. Judiciary Square / Mount Vernon Square / Penn Quarter
H. Pennsylvania Avenue
I. Downtown—East End
J. White House / Lafayette Square
K. Downtown—West End
L. Foggy Bottom
M. Georgetown
N. Foxhall
O. Sheridan-Kalorama / Massachusetts Avenue Heights
P. Dupont/Logan
Q. Shaw / U Street
R. Meridian Hill
S. Woodley Park / Cleveland Park / Van Ness
T. Other Buildings of Interest
Index
Photo Credits

Promotional Information

"The model of what a concise, attractive guidebook should be."—Mid-Atlantic Country

About the Author

G. Martin Moeller, Jr. (WASHINGTON, DC), is an independent curator and writer and the editor of ArchitectureDC. He is the author of The Favrot Family of Louisiana: A History over Three Centuries and the coeditor of Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete.

Reviews

Lively and informative.Whether you are looking for a tour of must-see monuments or would like to discover emerging neighborhoods and their architectural gems, this book is the ultimate resource.
—Travel by ENTREE

Since 2006, when the AIA published the fourth edition, the book's author has been G. Martin Moeller Jr., a genial and knowledgeable guide.Moeller's entries stray well beyond design, engineering and materials. He is interested in the larger story of Washington—its social, symbolic and political history. He is opinionated, though his opinions are eminently reasonable and often entertaining.Visitors (and residents) who want to discover a history far richer than the usual pieties of the double-decker tour bus will profit from time with this guide. Put it in your bag, take the Metro to a stop from which you have never alighted, and start walking. The lessons learned will be far richer than a stroll on the Mall or down Pennsylvania Avenue.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post