

Claude Engle to Discuss Metro Lighting Project, Aug. 18
Join Docomomo DC and Claude Engle for a talk on the DC Metro Lighting Renovation Project Presenters: Claude Engle, Lighting Designer & Zach Schrag, Professor of History, George Mason University Lighting designer Claude Engle will present his ongoing project to renovate the lighting in the Washington, DC area's Metro stations. The new lighting approach implements the original design intent with today’s technology, allowing the stations to fully realize Harry Weese and William


Docomomo DC Update from Hirshhorn Section 106 May Meeting
Docomomo DC continues to participate in the Smithsonian Institution (SI) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s Section 106 review process for the planned envelope repair and garden redesign projects. In March, SI and consulting parties executed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the envelope repair project. Docomomo US and Docomomo DC participated in drafting the MOA, and we are pleased with the mitigation measures outlined in the MOA that include HABS/HALS recording of th