Marymount University\u0092s Ballston Center continues to receive accolades. The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Interior Design Association recently gave the architecture firm Gensler the Award of Honor for its work on the complex in the 60,000-100,000 square foot category. The organization, which serves the Washington Metropolitan Area, Northern Virginia, Baltimore and Annapolis, held its Premiere Design Awards ceremony April 25 at The Harman Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n
It\u0092s the fourth honor Ballston Center has received for design excellence since opening in August. On April 17, the Urban Land Institute Washington made a special presentation of its 2018 Juror\u0092s Choice Award to Marymount in recognition of its team\u0092s dedication to creative placemaking \u0097 employing art and culture, in tandem with great design \u0097 to deliver a refreshing, affordable, creative new face to a project in the greater Washington area.<\/p>\n
Ballston Center also earned a Design Arlington Award for Excellence in December. In November, the NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, recognized the complex with an Award of Excellence given by its Northern Virginia chapter.<\/p>\n
\u0093These honors reinforce the fact that, as we anticipated, Ballston Center is judged to be world-class,\u0094 said Marymount President Matthew D. Shank. \u0093The fact that it\u0092s getting such validation for the external design and look and feel of the building is just fantastic.\u0094<\/p>\n
The $75 million multi-use complex opened in August at 1000 North Glebe Road. LEED Gold Certified, it is comprised of a nine-story academic\/office building and The Rixey, a 12-story residential\/retail building, each boasting multi-level underground parking. The complex is anchored by a public plaza and the Reinsch Pierce Family Courtyard.<\/p>\n
The Shooshan Company led a group that included architects Gensler and SK&I; Clark Construction, HITT Contracting, landscape architects Studio 39, and Avison-Young, leasing agent for the top three floors of office space at Ballston Center\u0092s academic facility.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Ballston Center, 1000 North Glebe Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Marymount University\u0092s Ballston Center continues to receive accolades. The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Interior Design Association recently gave the architecture firm Gensler the Award of Honor for its work on the complex in the 60,000-100,000 square foot category. The organization, which serves the Washington Metropolitan Area, Northern Virginia, Baltimore and Annapolis, held its Premiere […]<\/p>\n