What did you think about the cancellation of Frank Gehrys Corcoran Gallery of Art expansion project?
We’re doing the renovation of the existing Corcoran, and when the Gehry building stopped, a lot of momentum was lost. I respect the Corcoran for bringing in a named architect to do a great design, but for me, personally, I’m not sure it was going to be a great addition. It certainly would have been a tour de force for that location, but it would have been iconic, not contextual. I don’t know that it was necessary, but they had courage. Which of your recent projects push the design edge in DC? The Marvin Center at George Washington University was built in the late ’60s, and it never really had an entrance. We formed a whole new entrance – all glass and metal – that acts like a welcoming lamp to the student center. Another project, Mount Vernon Square, involves a new, modern addition that couples itself to an old, historic church. We’re also doing a wonderful little theater project for Montgomery College on their Tacoma Park campus. It’s going to have a wonderful transparency to the stre
