White House Redux

Feuerman, W; Logan, J

White House Redux

Feuerman, W

Logan, J

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Citation:: Storefront for Art and Architecture

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Feuerman, W https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3458-7033	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Logan, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Boeri, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Diller, L	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Wigley, M	en_US
dc.date	2008-10-02	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Storefront for Art and Architecture	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/31785
dc.relation.ispartof	Storefront for Art and Architecture	en_US
dc.title	White House Redux	en_US
dc.type	Exhibition
utslib.location	Storefront for Art and Architecture	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.place-of-publication	Storefront for Art and Architecture	en_US
pubs.start-date	2008-10-02	en_US
pubs.rights-statement	What if the White House, the ultimate architectural symbol of political power, were to be designed today? While a picturesque and monumental city, Washington D.C. lacks an urban dynamism that is found in other large metropolises and competitive global cities. Our proposal for the White House Redux competition is not concerned with aesthetics. Rather, we propose that the White House be tall, not to produce a more monumental image for the country, but to intentionally break the building code within the district which has limited its development. The 1899 Heights of Building Act stipulates that privately built structures be no higher than the Capitol Building or other significant government edifices. It is a common misconception that this law still applies. In 1910 a new law was passed limiting building heights to the width of the street or avenue on which a building fronts, plus 20 feet, thus defining the characteristically wide, open scale of Washington D.C. By breaking this building code, the White House Redux retroactively reimagines the district as a dynamic and dense urban capital. On the occasion of the election of the 44th President of the United States of America, Storefront for Art and Architecture, in association with Control Group, issued an international call for designs. Universally recognized as a symbol of political authority, one of America’s greatest tourist attractions, and the center of the world’s most complex communications system, it is the ultimate architectural embodiment of power. White House Redux was juried by a panel including Beatriz Colomina, Stefano Boeri, Liz Diller, and Mark Wigley.	en_US

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