Logan Circle simplicity

Logan Circle, Washington, DC

This townhouse rooftop was inspired by the simplicity of the nearby former warehouse district with metal and wood for primary finishes. The clients asked us to focus on sustainability and recyclability, so we chose items with future low life-cycle impact. We designed custom teak screens to clad the party walls and match the teak decking with accents of rusty pierced Cor-ten steel to create the planters. We worked with a fabricator to design the extremely durable and attractive stainless spa and sourced the Richard Schultz line of cast-aluminum furniture for it’s heaviness on the windy deck and for manufacturer Knoll’s “Full Circle” recycling program. For the plantings, we focused on hardy Mid-Atlantic native plants and species particularly attractive to pollinators and butterflies including Hibiscus moscheutos, Clematis virginiana, Clethra alnifolia, and Rhus typhina.