Metal Architecture has announced the 2023 Design Awards - and Van Ness Elementary School is a winner! Rooftop Gardens, smart stormwater management, and a covered outdoor classroom define the design of this LEED-S compliant green school in Southeast Washington DC.
Judge Arnold Swanborn, AIA, LEED AP, design principal, CO Architects, Los Angeles, said, “There's just sort of a simple elegance about it. It has a scalar relationship to the neighborhood ... They have this very simple sort of elegant solution to the addition, and it is quite nice architecturally.”
photos by Kris Ilich and ISTUDIO