The Center Block of a larger mixed-use development project in Washington, DC, this residential, hospitality, and retail project serves as a social magnet and programmatic anchor to the larger three-block mixed-use Capitol Crossing revitalization and to the surrounding community.

The privately funded Capitol Crossing Project encompasses approximately 1.9 million square feet across a seven-acre site elevated above Washington, DC’s underground I-395 highway, restoring pedestrian and vehicular links above the highway and re-connecting neighborhoods. The Center Block, designed by Ennead, consists of two distinct yet complimentary volumes: a 150-unit residential tower and 221-key boutique hotel linked by a shared podium, both of which are flanked by the development’s commercial office buildings on adjacent blocks to the North and South. The Center Block completes the development and creates a destination and hub of activity for the development.

The hotel and residential building volumes are linked by a shared podium that includes public space, retail store fronts, a grand triple height hotel lobby that welcomes guests, with connections to below grade parking and loading. The podium connects the two volumes and is composed of white polished concrete, offering a modern twist to the masonry and terrazzo material palette prevalent in the area. The glass and aluminum street fronts and bronze accents echo materials used on the hotel’s façade.

MOSO studio was commissioned to produce CGI Architectural Renderings.