- Roger K. Lewis
Roger K. Lewis is a practicing architect and a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland.
Leaders should shun PEP
Procrastination, expedience and piecemeal-ism don’t lead to building a great city.
The housing affordability predicament
As the District’s vitality grows, housing affordability will shrink, forcing lower-income households out to the suburbs.
Building an optimistic future for D.C.
SHAPING THE CITY | Washington is a work in progress, but if trends continue, it will become a dynamic, truly world-class capital.
Fairfax County’s Hollin Hills is a happy experiment in modernity
The landscape at Hollin Hills, as much as the architecture, imparts a strong, community-wide sense of unity and harmony.
- Why classical architecture makes little sense for today’s Washington
- Washington sorely lacking in riverfront eateries
- More coordination needed to accommodate greater Washington
- Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial design needs to be rethought
- Along Dulles Metrorail extension, expediency trumps aesthetics
- ‘Smart growth’ projects needed to ease parking quandary
- At U.S. Institute of Peace, building’s provocative design doesn’t entirely succeed
- Re-skinning a building does more than improve its appearance



