Arts Walk at Brookland Works

I was asked by Maurice Walters Architect to shoot some images of their very cool project, Arts Walk at Brookland Works and the Edgewwood Arts Building, in Washington, D.C. (And also — somewhat confusingly — referred to as Monroe Street Market.) It’s located here, and is a wonderful new arts-focused development project near the Brookland Metro Station. The image above is of the Edgewood Arts Building, which is just south of Arts Walk. A pdf’d description of the project is here (which includes several of my images).

In a credit to its thoughtful, innovative. and community-building design, Maurice Walters Architect won AIA|DC’s (the American Institute or Architects DC Chapter’s) 2014 Presidential Citation in Urban Design. (The full list of 2014 Chapter Design Awards is here — theirs included.)  A big congratulations to the team!

And it was a particular treat to see one of my images featured prominently in AIA|DC’s magazine, ArchitectureDC (which is both in print and a nice online version, too). This issue features descriptions and photos of all this year’s winners. (Lots of great architecture!) One of my photos is the full-page image (the one on the left):

Below is the same image of mine that’s featured in ArchitectureDC.

It’s a 25-second exposure, taken this past July during a weekend market. My sense is that architectural photos are conventionally exposed for no more than a few seconds at most, to get a maybe a touch of blur from people’s movements. But during this weekend market, some people were still enough to register even during my longer exposure, which was exactly what I was hoping for. I’m pleased with how it turned out — and evidently so were the editors of ArchitectureDC!

Several more images…

A view of the 15-foot high “BROOKLAND” lettering on the back side of the Arts Walk building, which faces the Metro tracks.

And two more of the Edgewood Arts Building.

I’ve long been a fan of architecture (including childhood aspirations to a career in architecture ). So getting the opportunity to do this work was a real treat. I hope to do lots more architectural photography in the future!

Thanks for taking a look.

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