<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Shaping the City</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><description>Shaping the City</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Regarding the 180-Degree Turn From a 90-Degree Standard]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57729-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57729-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Judging from contemporary architecture featured in the media, you might think that the 90-degree angle is passi. Among current architectural fads, non-orthogonal design  --  shaping architectural mass, space and surface without using right angles  --  is increasingly evident.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Owner's Furnishing Choices Can Clash With Architect's Vision]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17768-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17768-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In designing nontraditional houses, architects worry a lot about how their buildings and the spaces inside will look. But they sometimes have one more worry. How will the client, the owner of the house, furnish it?]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planned Waterfront Park in Georgetown Lacks Some Crucial Elements]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47399-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47399-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Lots of attention has been focused on development of the Washington Nationals baseball stadium and surrounding area near South Capitol Street and the Anacostia River. But that attention is eclipsing news about the Potomac River waterfront in Georgetown and its impending transformation.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balancing Private Property and Public Good]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7880-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7880-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The domestic political landscape is increasingly altering the physical landscape, and the issue is all about ownership. In municipalities across the country, growing numbers of citizens and businesses want government to get out of the way of landowners who want to build houses on the land they own.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Future Growth Likely to Transcend Tabletop Solutions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35576-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35576-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   There's good news and bad news concerning growth in the Washington area.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping a Lid on Complex Roof Design Can Reduce the Likelihood of Leaks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63911-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63911-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Winter is when roofs really matter, when we all hope that the geometric forms and assembly of materials covering our buildings succeed in keeping us dry and warm.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Washington, Orderly Is the Rule]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26849-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26849-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Do you prefer architecture embodying a sense of order, buildings that are geometrically comprehensible, systematically structured and logically organized using a consistent palette of materials and details?]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Household Shutters Should Be More Than Just Another Pretty Facade]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56713-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56713-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Like many architects who design homes, when clients ask for windows flanked by shutters, I shudder.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Not Jingle All the Way as Santa Looks Down on  Region's Sprawl]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22752-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22752-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Last night Santa Claus swept across the Washington area delivering toys to thousands of girls and boys. However, this is no longer an easy task, even for Santa.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Characteristics of Good Design May Reside in the Eye of the Beholder]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55770-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55770-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The District of Columbia Building Industry Association's 4th annual Landlord/Tenant Design Seminar, held last week at the National Press Club, had a provocative title: "Does Good Design Make a Trophy Building?"]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Metro Station a Testament to Cooperation and Optimism]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15123-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15123-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  On this Thanksgiving weekend, let's thank the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, along with its public- and private-sector collaborators, for creating the New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet University Metro station, which opened last Saturday.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Press May Ignore Architects, but So Does (Almost) Everyone Else]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9829-2004Oct29.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9829-2004Oct29.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   When buildings are featured in the media, often the architects responsible for their design and execution are not mentioned.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smart Growth's Misunderstood Message]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35871-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35871-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In the rancorous political environment of this year's presidential election campaign, American voters seem to be polarized as never before. In the environment of real estate development and land-use planning, opinions about "smart growth" are becoming just as polarized.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Redeveloping Its Waterfronts, Washington Should Again Turn to Paris]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1027-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1027-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Giving new life and new form to Washington's Potomac and Anacostia River  waterfronts is in all respects a fabulous prospect, not to mention a monumental effort that is long overdue.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saarinen Developed a New Architectural Vocabulary for Each of His Projects]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29477-2004Sep17.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29477-2004Sep17.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    You probably know what the main terminal building at Dulles International Airport looks like. You also may know that the Dulles terminal is among America's best-known works of architecture, designed in the 1950s by Eero Saarinen, son of acclaimed Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dresden Architects Perfect Art of Restoring Without Replicating]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59699-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59699-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  When it comes to preserving, restoring or rebuilding historic architecture, and then harmoniously juxtaposing the antique and the new, Europeans continue to show the way.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sprawl Is Here to Stay as Long as Suburbs Represent the American Dream]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19190-2004Aug20.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19190-2004Aug20.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  During WAMU (88.5 FM) radio's Diane Rehm Show a couple of weeks ago, two callers from Ohio engaged in a heated debate about home building. One caller, a home builder, extolled the virtues of the marketplace and, after condemning the pejorative term "McMansions," defended the right of Americans to buy ever-larger homes in ever-more-remote subdivisions or to tear down houses in established neighborhoods to build bigger ones.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traditional Zoning Can't Meet the Challenge of Modern Development]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9505-2004Jul23.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9505-2004Jul23.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Among the innovations championed by the New Urbanist or neo-traditional movement, and by many other architects and planners, are "form-based" zoning codes.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming Up a House That Can Evolve With Its Occupants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39050-2004Jul9.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39050-2004Jul9.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Among life's certainties -- death, taxes, hitting every pothole, always being in the wrong supermarket checkout line -- is the agony of remodeling.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Energy and Real Estate Set the Agenda, Houston Gets Suggestions on How to Deal With Growth]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5780-2004Jun25.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5780-2004Jun25.html?nav=rss_business/columns/realestate/lewisrogerk</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Last year, the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Houston City Council offered me what I soon came to consider a "Mission Impossible" assignment. They asked me to lead a team of volunteer housing experts from across the country who would go to Houston to learn about the city and then recommend policies to deal with future housing needs.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item></channel></rss>