The Washington Skyline

Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, architect
Mansard roof design study with window
Graphite on tracing paper, 1982-1983
Gift of Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, 1991
Prints & Photographs Division (239)
Digital ID#s ppmsca-11568

This design study by the architectural firm Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates demonstrates the firm's sensitive adaptation of the Willard's mansard roof and its details as part of the Willard hotel renovation and addition project begun in the 1980s. Carol Highsmith's photograph of the mansard roof under construction underscores the position the Willard Hotel, an historical monument itself, holds in Washington's monumental core.

Carol M. Highsmith
Willard mansard roof during renovation, 1985
Cibachrome color prints
Prints & Photographs Division
Gift of the photographer, 1992 (238)
Digital ID#s ppmsca-11568, 11567