Washington, DC Pictures: European Union

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

German Embassy

4645 Reservoir Road NW Washington, DC 20007

Picture: Embassy of Germany in Washington, DC

Ambassador's Residence
Completed September 1994
19,270 square feet
Construction cost approx. $18.9 million
Architect: Prof. O.M. Ungers & Partners
Landscape Architect: Dr. Bernhard Korte, Dusseldorf
Engineers: Lockwood Greene, Atlanta

On the south side of the residence is a landscaped park which includes a rose garden, winding footpaths, a pond, and pavilion.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Belgian Embassy: Ambassador's Residence

The residence has 3 stories, 44 rooms, and a free-standing, 2-story, 8 car garage. African American, Julian Abele (1881-1950) was the architect for “Marly,” completed in 1931, and commissioned by Anna Thomson Dodge, the heiress of the Dodge Brothers Motor Company family fortune, as a wedding gift to daughter Delphine and son-in-law Raymond Baker. Marly was purchased for the residence of the Embassy of Belgium in 1945.

Abele spent the majority of his career as chief designer for architect Horace Trumbauer, whose Philadelphia firm specialized in elegant houses for America's elite. The firm often designed in 18th-century French academic style.

The residence is relatively private and easy to miss. Though it does catch your eye when you do spot it. The most you can hope to see from the road is similar to the third photo.

2300 Foxhall Rd, Washington, DC 20007