Background
Born in 1935, he grew up in the Kalorama district of Washington, and after attending Saint Albans School studied architecture at Princeton University.
Born in 1935, he grew up in the Kalorama district of Washington, and after attending Saint Albans School studied architecture at Princeton University.
He is known for a style called "industrial baroque" and is probably best known for the Washington Harbour development on the Potomac River in Georgetown, the newer building of The Phillips Collection also in the United States capital city, and the renovation of the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. He also led the successful restoration of Washington District of Columbia"s tallest residential building, the Cairo Hotel in 1974.