The Washington Design Center cordially invites you to the first-ever Washington Design Center “Ones to Watch” awards ceremony and cocktail reception. Join us as we honor these 12 exceptionally talented, up-and-coming designer nominees. The top three winning designers will be announced during the reception.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
5:00 p.m.
The Washington Design Center
300 D Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
The cocktail reception will boast a full complimentary bar, including a special WDC cocktail, mouth-watering hors d’oeuvres and live entertainment throughout the night.
Kindly RSVP to Victoria Kent at vkent@mmart.com or 312.527.7508
Below is more information on the “Ones to Watch” Award
The Washington Design Center Announces its 2010 “Ones to Watch” Award Nominees
Washington, DC (January 25, 2010)- The Washington Design Center is thrilled to announce a new and exciting awards program that recognizes and honors exceptionally talented, up-and-coming designers in the DC area. Design professionals working as an interior designer, either on their own or as an employee of an independent design firm are eligible for the award. “Ones to Watch” nominees are selected by the showrooms of The Washington Design Center.
“The Ones to Watch Award is a new initiative for the Washington Design Center. We feel that it is important to recognize and honor new design talent, especially on a local level,” said Mitchell Walters (nee Ammons).
Nominees will be honored at a cocktail reception at The Washington Design Center on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 5:00pm. The “Ones to Watch” winners will be chosen by WDC showrooms and the top three designers will be announced during the March 11 cocktail reception.
“Ones to Watch” 2010 nominees include:
· Barbara Franceski of Barbara Franceski, LLC
· Sandra Meyers of Sandra Meyers Design Studio, LLC
· Matt Morgan of Morgan Bradley Interior Design and Decoration
· Shanon Munn of Ambi Design Studio, LLC
· Catherine Hailey of Hailey Design, LLC
· Annie Elliott of Bossy Color
· Don Love and Steven Lumadue of SLD Interiors
· Tricia Huntley of Huntley and Company
· Liz Levin of Liz Levin Interiors
· Julie Weber and Joe Ireland of JD Ireland
· Mia Meyer of Marika Myer
· Emily Bishop of Emily Bishop Interior Design
WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 02/03/10 -- Naomi Kruger, IIDA, LEED AP, has been named Healthcare Interiors Practice Leader at SmithGroup in Washington, DC. In this role, her responsibilities will include planning, design, architecture and equipment coordination, finishes, and marketing and client management.
Kruger comes to SmithGroup in Washington from the firm's Chicago office where she has spent the last six years creating innovative and engaging healing environments serving clients as project manager, medical planner and designer. Kruger led the development of the Comer Pediatric Emergency Department, a 4-story addition to the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, where she worked closely with hospital administration, advisory boards and major donors. Other clients have included Sutter Health'sCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Cathedral Hill Hospital, and The University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago Walter Payton Liver Center. Presently, she is a key team member for the renovation and MRI addition at the Naval Hospital Outpatient Clinic at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Prior to joining SmithGroup, Kruger was a member of HOK's Chicago office in the healthcare architecture practice. Naomi has also served as Chair and Lead Instructor for the Chicago Architecture Foundation high school architecture classes and is an architectural advisor to the Architecture Curriculum Handbook now used in 45 states and nine countries.
Kruger is a Registered Interior Designer and is a member of theInternational Interior Design Association. A Leadership in Energy and Environmental Accredited Professional (LEED AP) with the U.S. Green Building Council, Kruger is a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
SmithGroup is a national leader in sustainable, environmentally intelligent design with 346 LEED Accredited Professionals and 42 LEED-certified projects. SmithGroup is composed of client industry-focused practices serving the healthcare, higher education, workplace, and science and technology markets.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Registration, Networking and Buffet begin at 4:30 pm & Exterior doors lock at 6:00 pm.
Location: Reed Smith 3110 Fairview Park Drive, Ste 1400 Falls Church, Virginia 22042
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Six on-campus buildings were designated as historical landmarks Thursday by D.C.'s Historic Preservation Review Board.
Madison, Fulbright, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and Munson Halls were all unanimously approved Thursday by the board after representatives from EHD Traceries, a research and consulting firm, gave presentations on the buildings' historical significance. The apartment buildings were selected due to their Art Deco styles that transformed Foggy Bottom, which had previously been a neighborhood of row houses after World War I, said Paul Singh, architectural historian and project manager for EHD.
The John J. Earley Office and Studio at 2131 G St. and the H.B. Burns Memorial Building at 2150 Pennsylvania Ave. were also selected as landmarks.
The buildings, several of which are now used as residence halls, were generally created in the interwar period to house young professionals who came to work in the District as the federal government and various agencies swelled in size. Now that they have been designated as historical landmarks by the D.C. review board, the National Register will consider the buildings for placement on the official federal list of historical places.
D.C. historical landmark status bars exterior changes without review from the Office of Historical Preservation, said Bruce Yarnall, an operations manager for the office. The submissions are part of a larger effort to carve out a historic district within the Foggy Bottom campus, Senior Associate Vice President for Operations Alicia O'Neil said in an e-mail.
"In addition to these landmarks, the [2007 Campus] Plan provides GW support for a historic district on the campus to be put forward by HPO staff at a later date," O'Neil said. "Although the historic district has not yet been implemented, the University is committed to protecting the unique campus environment and urban fabric of Washington, D.C. and will continue to protect the contributing buildings within the proposed historic district, as well as preserve its new and existing landmark properties."
Singh led the testimony on behalf of the University, explaining the historical significance of each on-campus building. The John J. Earley Office was submitted separately from the five apartment buildings due to the historical prominence of its resident, John J. Earley, whom Singh called an architect who "made concrete beautiful."
Earley operated out of a brick and stucco office at 2131 G St., a multi-entrance building next to GW Deli now used by the School of Business and the dance department. The building was constructed in 1907, and housed Earley's practice until 1936, Singh said. Earley's concrete designs include the Polychrome Houses in Silver Springs, Md., the Meridian Hill Park - a national historical landmark - and the Islamic Center of D.C., which was completed after his death.
Board members approved the designation for the building 8-0.
The other five apartment buildings were collectively submitted as representatives of history, architecture and urbanism.
"All represent significant historical architectural examples of large-scale apartments constructed in the interwar period," Singh said. "They illustrate acceptance of high-rise apartment buildings by the middle class."
Pamela Scott, a board member and designated historian, said there was "no doubt" in her mind that the buildings were historical landmarks, and thanked Singh for his presentation.
"I hadn't looked at these buildings before and driving around I was very impressed with what they do for the neighborhood," Scott said.
Several members of the board commended EHD Traceries and the University for working to preserve the buildings. The five apartment buildings were also approved by the board 8-0.
