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Photo by Carol M. Highsmith
The Ronald Reagan Building, by architect James Freed of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, is the country’s second largest federal building (only the Pentagon is larger). It has a classical façade of Indiana limestone but is Modern in many other ways. Its interior spaces are beautifully lit by a huge, cone-shaped skylight. The complex has many successful public spaces, particularly its asymmetrical outdoor plaza and sculpture garden.
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Comments (4)
An amazing atrium...feels quite intimate, despite its size.
Posted by Matthew Gilmore | February 13, 2007 12:44 PM
Posted on February 13, 2007 12:44
yikes. when i think about what's been left off the list for this, i get very upset. And i know this building well i used to meet my wife for lunch in it all the time.
Posted by d. | March 17, 2007 2:37 AM
Posted on March 17, 2007 02:37
as vapid as Reagan's politics
Posted by Ed Roehm AIA | March 17, 2007 5:39 PM
Posted on March 17, 2007 17:39
Lest we forget, Ellerbe Becket teamed with Pei Cobb Freed on the Reagan Building Project. The two are teamed again on the new Federal Reserve Bank project in Kansas City.
Posted by Stuart Smith | March 27, 2007 3:52 PM
Posted on March 27, 2007 15:52