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Preserving Pei

DC Modern

Affordability Reimagined

Hill History Transformed

Towering Change

A Goodman, Reborn

Preserving Pei

Robert M. Gurney Architect

I.M. Pei, the architect responsible for the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, designed only three residences during his distinguished career. Slayton House in Cleveland Park, completed in 1960, is one of them. DC architect Robert Gurney restored the structure—updating the roof, insulation, plumbing, and electrical. Gurney also designed a two-story addition with a garage and an office wrapped in perforated metal screens; moved and expanded the kitchen; and added a guest bedroom and media room under the dining room and deck. “The new structure disappears, particularly at night,” the jury raved. The project “honor

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