Design and architecture in our capital
Tweet WOW, model homes in large developments are getting really hot these days — developers are hiring savvy designers to decorate their models to be idea factories for really cool interior design. Ever since I found out that Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams decorated a model home in Hyattsville a few years back, I think [...]
Tweet There is a bit of a trend going on with condos using interior designers to decorate their model units in an effort to show buyers the best potential of their living spaces. 22West, the new, glass-and-steel condo across from the Ritz-Carlton in the West End, has pulled out all the stops. The first model [...]
Tweet The world of DC design is so small. When I was writing a story on a Hugh Jacobsen house in McLean last year, I met Raed Alawadhi of Apartment Zero, who helped with the house’s redesign. Fast forward many months, and I hear that Raed now lives in Miami, while his partner, attorney David [...]
Tweet I’m very excited to announce that I will now be making regular contributions to the “Unique Spaces” section of the DC real estate blog, DC Urban Turf. Every two weeks, they’ve asked me to write a post on a space that is, well, unique — not necessarily on the market, although it helps, but [...]
Tweet To anyone who passes off DC/Baltimore suburban architecture as traditional blah, take a look at THIS: My jaw completely dropped when Margaret Korz sent me these pictures of her house in Clarksville, MD, a suburb of Baltimore and about 45 minutes from DC. I immediately wanted to know which preeminent architect designed it. None, [...]
Tweet Ron Ginsburg is a serial builder and seller of homes. Not content to be a homebody, he’s quick to move on even after he’s created a masterwork such as this: “I do this for fun. This is my fourth one,” says Ginsburg, an investment and real estate executive. But with this style, in this [...]
Jennifer Sergent. Native Washingtonian. Former editor at Washington Spaces magazine and HGTV. Currently searching for – and writing about – DC’s design voices. Write to me @ jennifersergent@verizon.net