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Slovenian Chancery and Ambassador’s Residence
Republic of Slovenia
Washington, DC
The four story building contains
the chancery and ambassador’s residence for the Republic of Slovenia.
Situated off Massachusetts Ave., in
Washington’s Embassy Row district, the building was the former Yugoslavian
Embassy and was sold to Slovenia upon Yugoslavia’s break-up.
The 1960’s Soviet-era building had been vacant
for a number of years and, when test fits were conducted, proved too large
for the exclusive use of the Slovenian chancery offices.
After exploring several alternative scenarios,
the scheme that was settled upon located both embassy offices and the
Ambassador’s residence within the building.
The project budget was fixed based upon the
sale price of the existing embassy and residential properties.
The scheme employs a variety of
interventions to satisfy the building’s program.
The lower three floors contain chancery offices
and support functions including a multi-purpose 100-seat reception room,
serving kitchen, garage, visitor’s and staff apartments.
On the main floor, a new terrace addition
provides an extension to the reception room and covers on-grade parking
below.
The Ambassador’s four bedroom apartment is situated on
the fourth floor.
A portion of the existing fourth floor was
demolished to allow for the creation of a private roof terrace with a
curtain-walled bay window projecting from the face of the building.
With Powe Jones Architects Structural Engineer: Holbert Apple Associates MEP Engineer: Capitol Engineering Civil Engineer: AB Consultants Landscape Architect: Lee & Liu
General Contractor: Monarc Construction
design: 2003
built: 2005
